# One or two brood box? Melbourne Australia **URL:** \ **Category:** How many brood boxes do I need?\ **Tags:** australia, melbourne\ **Created:** [February 27, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/one-or-two-brood-box-melbourne-australia/36437 "2024-02-27T07:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![chau06](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/chau06/32/25515_2.png) [@chau06](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/chau06)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/one-or-two-brood-box-melbourne-australia/36437/2 "2024-02-27T08:48:13Z")
Hello and welcome to the forum. I can offer some advice, albeit, unprofessional - I am also just a hobbyist! I have been using a single 10 frame brood boxes as well and have probably been watching some of the same videos that you have (university of Guelph). > [@Using the flow hive in cold climate or freezing conditions](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/using-the-flow-hive-in-cold-climate-or-freezing-conditions/1261/40): > > I bet most beekeepers in your area use two brood boxes but I don’t think it is probably the only way to do it. You might consider checking out the university of Guelph videos on YouTube. This one in particular: [[Single Brood Chambers - Fall and Winter] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfO9DTl6SJc) As your climate is much warmer and offers more year-round nectar flows than ours, I think you can probably get by with a single 10 frame box or even a single 8 frame brood box. You’ll have to be more proactive about swarm control but otherwise, I don’t see a lot of downside to single brood box management. Perhaps, if you have extended dearths, you’ll have to manage the bees stores a little more carefully and consider the possibility you’d have to feed them during lean times. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/one-or-two-brood-box-melbourne-australia/36437)._