# Do I need another brood Box? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bearding\ **Created:** [May 21, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/do-i-need-another-brood-box/30451 "2021-05-21T13:47:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![Wizard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/wizard/32/27689_2.png) [@Wizard](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Wizard)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/do-i-need-another-brood-box/30451/10 "2021-05-22T02:31:40Z")
Here is some. But a simple Google search will reveal a plethora of information about the benefits. One of the factors that had me add my second brood box to the bottom is that my frames are foundationless. Bees tend to want to stay clustered and have been known to try building comb upward. Not interested in a mess. > [@Over 2nd Brood or Under 2nd Brood Box- that is my Question](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/over-2nd-brood-or-under-2nd-brood-box-that-is-my-question/9371): > > Ok- so I have a five frame nucleus/swarm hive box that I have had a little colony building up in. It is now quite full- and starting to burst with bees. Instead of transferring it to a larger box- I am going to add another five frame box- either on top or below. I would just have added it on top- but I did that to another five frame nuc/split colony 3 weeks ago and the bees have been very slow to start working the new box upstairs. On the last inspection I ‘pyramided’ that hive to encourage it t… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/do-i-need-another-brood-box/30451)._