# Do I place the flow hive brood box on top of my older brood box that I transported my bees in?

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**Created:** [December 6, 2017, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/do-i-place-the-flow-hive-brood-box-on-top-of-my-older-brood-box-that-i-transported-my-bees-in/13509 "2017-12-06T06:52:51Z")\
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**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:** [December 7, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/do-i-place-the-flow-hive-brood-box-on-top-of-my-older-brood-box-that-i-transported-my-bees-in/13509/5 "2017-12-07T18:11:33Z")

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> [@mountainbee](#):
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> wondering if I just put the flow frame on top of the brood box or put the flow hive brood box on top of the older frame with the flow frame on top of that?

I just answered a very similar question here:

> [@2nd brood box if/when? Nairne, SA, Australia](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/2nd-brood-box-if-when/13521/2):
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> Yes. In fact I would not add a super or any additional brood boxes (which you have already done) until…

However, I also strongly agree with Jerry’s (@Gerald_Nickel) and @Dee’s comments. We don’t have enough information to tell you what to do, but my 3 cardinal rules in the other posting linked above will apply to you too. 😉

Whether or not you use the extra Flow brood box will depend on whether most beekeepers in your area use double brood, or just a single box.

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