# Can we use a 10 frame Langstroth brood box with a 6 frame Flow Top **URL:** \ **Category:** Beekeeping - Basics\ **Created:** [March 2, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-we-use-a-10-frame-langstroth-brood-box-with-a-6-frame-flow-top/10197 "2017-03-02T23:01:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PAP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@PAP](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/PAP)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-we-use-a-10-frame-langstroth-brood-box-with-a-6-frame-flow-top/10197/1 "2017-03-02T23:01:09Z")
Hi Guys I have a new Cedar flow Hive and I also have a 10 frame Langstroth Hive, What I want to do is use the the 10 frame Langstroth brood box to house the Nuc I’m receiving next week I want to also use second 10 frame box on top of my brood box to sit my feeder, my feeder is the European style that only sits in a 10 frame. I want to know if the flow Hive Super is ok to on top I was going to add two side plates to the Flow super to fill the small gap. ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-we-use-a-10-frame-langstroth-brood-box-with-a-6-frame-flow-top/10197/2 "2017-03-02T23:27:21Z")
> [@PAP](#): > > I was going to add two side plates to the Flow super to fill the small gap. If you mean on top of the 10-frame box, that should work just fine. I know that @Michael_Bush has done exactly this kind of thing to adapt a 10-frame box to accept an 8-frame Langstroth box on top. There is even a photo on his web site. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Bush](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/michael_bush/32/1024_2.png) [@Michael\_Bush](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Michael_Bush)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-we-use-a-10-frame-langstroth-brood-box-with-a-6-frame-flow-top/10197/3 "2017-03-03T02:24:55Z")
![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/7/7c6fb55671fd61f96a25a7e296d5e298780d7815.JPG) A 20" long 1 x 3 will do nicely… ---
**Author:** ![PAP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@PAP](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/PAP)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-we-use-a-10-frame-langstroth-brood-box-with-a-6-frame-flow-top/10197/4 "2017-03-03T03:53:47Z")
yeah looks good I was hoping to sit mine in the middle and place timber either side. has anybody else done this wit ha flow super ---
**Author:** ![Donin13](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/donin13/32/10703_2.png) [@Donin13](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Donin13)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-we-use-a-10-frame-langstroth-brood-box-with-a-6-frame-flow-top/10197/5 "2017-03-26T15:47:27Z")
HI - I think I have the same question, but I am so new that I don’t yet have one piece of equipment. My plan is to buy a beginner hive from BetterBee, it comes with two brood boxes and a medium super. I hope to successfully bring the hive through this summer and the winter and then next spring, if I have been successful, I will buy a Flow Hive to replace the medium super. I do not want to do any alterations at all. Do I understand correctly that if I have the 8 frame Langstroth then I can buy the Flow Hive Super and put it right on top of the boxes, no alterations necessary? If I buy the 10 frame Langstroth, then I will have to alter as in the picture above? Thank you very much for your assistance. Lauren ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-we-use-a-10-frame-langstroth-brood-box-with-a-6-frame-flow-top/10197/6 "2017-03-26T17:38:07Z")
> [@Donin13](#): > > If I buy the 10 frame Langstroth, then I will have to alter as in the picture above? Not at all. Flow makes 2 sizes of Flow super. One fits an 8-frame Langstroth and the other fits a 10-frame Langstroth hive: Copied from the Shop page: _ **FLOW SUPER CLASSIC DETAILS** _ _\*\*The Classic options come with a full Super of Flow Frames, for easy harvesting with minimal disturbance to the bees. \*\*_ _ **The Classic options are:** _ _ **6 x Flow Frames fits a 8 frame sized Langstroth box** _ _ **7 x Flow Frames fits a 10 frame sized Langstroth box** _ Just buy the size you need to fit the hive you already have. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![jasonsharpe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@jasonsharpe](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/jasonsharpe)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/can-we-use-a-10-frame-langstroth-brood-box-with-a-6-frame-flow-top/10197/7 "2017-05-11T13:53:34Z")
Guys many thanks for this. I have just got my bees in a langsthroth hive and did not realise there was a difference in size the solution u have shown helped.