How To Setup Two Queen Hive

I show you the things you need to setup a two queen hive. Go through the setup process and finish off the video with some pros and cons of the setup.


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[TimeIsHoney]

My mentor was just telling me about this technique:)

[MrBeachbums]

I thought I was the only one who did that circle dance with my smoker.

[ambercsutton]

Thank you for making this! Could I leave the “duo-colony” like this forever, or do you have to separate them after a period of time?

[TSIRHCSEVAS]

Do you pinch the newspaper as you didn’t?

[jonclemons]

The combination hive looks good. I may try that very soon. The question I would ask is, would it be acceptable for both colonies if you put a separate entrance for the top colony to come and go from? Or would you have fighting and they kill one or the other queens? And how will you feed these colonies in the meantime?

[th]

Just to make sure, the brood chambers of each queen are kept separate by the excluders but the worker bees from each queen will commingle their honey with the supers?

[noahriding]

Would this work for overwintering 2 hives together when one of them is much weaker, and couldn't make it on its own? Has anyone tried it this way?

And is there increased chances of swarming and losing bees doing this kind of technique?

[framcesmoore]

Nice video but what about the drone bees they can not get out