#bee nuc

[journiland]

7/16/2021

I decided I was going to be tough and do the other hive even though I was hot and exhausted. Probably not the best choice, because my brain was barely functional, but whatever.

Did not see a new queen, but found one frame with eggs! Means a queen is there, or at least within the last 3 days. Bottom hive was so packed with bees that I could barely do anything without squishing one, even though I move super slow and careful. (They were mostly ignoring the top box instead of moving up.)

So in my compromised decision-making state, I thought, "There's so many they're going to swarm! I'll split them now!" I pulled out two honey frames and the frame of eggs, and put in a nuc box with two empty frames.

The problem with this is I don't know if there were any other eggs left in the big hive, and: a) I could have squished the queen in the crowd, or b) I could have accidentally moved her to the nuc. Possibly leaving the big hive with no queen or way to make one.

Oh, well. It might work. If not, I'll deal with it. (I've got two other hives that can make eggs for queens.) Need to check them in a week and see what they are up to.

[journiland]

8/7/2020

Split bees today! I put a frame with eggs, two with capped brood, one with honey, and an empty one in the nuc box.

I did not see the queen. I hope she's not squished somewhere. But I made sure there were eggs in both boxes, so hopefully, they can manage.

Crossing my fingers and asking the Universe to help me get two hives!

Also, today's harvest.

[freecycleusa]

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Beekeeping UK, Queen Jasmine, what a Whopper !!

Take a look through the nuc, we hope Queen Jasmine is there, what a whopper she is! Also transfer the nuc to a full size hive, plus taste the delicious honey. “one of my favourite videos”. source

[larsbees]

Hive 2 Arrives!

2015-05-09  This year I decided to have more than one hive, so I set up three.  Today I picked up Hive #2 as a “nuc” (nucleus) from Boston Honey Company in Holliston, MA.  (www.bostonhoneycompany.com).  Hive 1 came as a “package”, which consists of a queen in a tiny box and about 10,000 random bees from a bunch of different hives (”shaken” in a barrel and dumped in the package with the queen-in-a-box).  So, there is no honey, no comb, no eggs or brood.  They have to start from scratch, as discussed below, and the population dwindles for the first 21 days until the new brood begins to emerge.  On the other hand, a “nuc” consists of 4-5 frames from an established hive with a queen-on-the-loose, all her devoted subject bees and lots of baby bees on the way as well as pollen and honey stores.  So a bee nuc hits the ground running and grows from day 1, depending on available resources.  I am hoping to grow Hive 2 rapidly enough to “split” it into a third hive pretty soon...  

[larsbees]

2015-05-09  The nuc arrived in a cardboard box.  I moved over the frames in the same order and orientation as they were in the box, as instructed.  The bees seemed TOTALLY UNCONCERNED.  I slapped a big old pollen patty on top for them to munch, and put in a frame of capped honey from the prior hive to tide them over until they can stock up on forage.  I figured they must be hungry after sitting in the cardboard box for who knows how long...

[clairehoneybee]

A Bee Nuc or Bee Package? Primer for New Beekeepers

A Bee Nuc or Bee Package? Primer for New Beekeepers

Nucs ready to be picked up and placed in a beekeepers hive body

Spring Start-Up

After a hiatus of having no bees in my yard, this spring I will end up with three hives- 2 nucs and 1 package. For beginning beekeepers, there are different ways of starting your own hive and here are three options: Packages, nucs, or buy an existing live hive. To get an overview of Beekeeping, it’s costs, benefits,…

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