Just want to know if I use two deeps as brood chamber and winter stores for the bees do I still need to leave a super of honey or will the two deeps hold them for the winter here NC thanx
One deep and one super will hold enough for the winter. The catch is having enough for them stored. They can't eat empty frames. The easiest way is to weigh your empty hive, then it should weigh 50 to 60 lbs. more going into winter.
I run two deeps. Last year was a poor year for honey flow, and I ended up leaving two mediums that were partially filled for winter. They used one and part of the other. This spring, I did have some brood in the lowest medium, and I checkerboarded the two deeps to get the queen down, and now that the honey flow is on, I hope she will stay down, or be forced down by full suppers of honey.