Resource Hive (Brood Factory)

This premium grade 10-frame nucleus hive platform is a great tool to raise queens, bank queens, create splits or boost weaker colonies. Mike Palmer uses this setup as a multi-storey brood factory, where he stacks multiple pairs of nucs on the base box to rapidly raise brood.  It is also a great platform for overwintering nucleus colonies.  It has four key components: solid bottom board, 10-frame hive box with divider board, into two nucs, two 4-frame nuc boxes, and two inner covers. Details below: Solid Bottom Board:  This bottom board is set up  to have opposite-end entrances for the two colonies to avoid drift. Dividable 10-Frame Hive Box: On the bottom board sits a 10-frame hive box with a center divider board so that you can set it up to host two 4-frame nucs. The frames do not come with the box.  Nucleus Hive Boxes: Above the lower 10-frame box sits a pair of 4-frame nucleus hive boxes.This setup enables you to over winter a pair of colonies in double-decker nuc hives than share a