❓WHAT To Do After Picking Up Your Nuc! Beekeeping 101

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@leesetser806 28 күн бұрын

Enjoy listening and watching. Very cool to see different regions doing things so differently. From North Ga, to you, good job.

@BackBeeBrokenBeekeeping 29 күн бұрын

Love your hook! Great tutorial!

@williambates6811 24 күн бұрын

I would be worried about chilled brood with the brood nest so split apart. The temperature this morning was in the low forties where I live. Would it be better to leave the brood nest intact in the beginning and rotate the undrawn comb in as the brood nest expands?

@BackBeeBrokenBeekeeping 29 күн бұрын

Do you think it would be advantageous to wait on checkerboarding until some of those brood frames start hatching out and the nuc is a bit stronger? Which will give them a larger number to defend the empty spaces against pest?

@beefitbeekeeping 29 күн бұрын

You could even just checkerboard in 1 single frame to get them started on drawing out the frames. That is the key, bc if they don’t HAVE to draw them and get their wax glands started then they won’t. Bees are productive but also lazy

@dixonapiaries 28 күн бұрын

I would not be comfortable putting two open frames between brood, especially from a 5 frame nuc. That’s too much stress for a small hive. Bees are not lazy. They are highly adapted to draw out frames when it’s optimal timing for them, not for the beekeeper.

@ravensnflies8167 29 күн бұрын

Got my first nuc this year. When I got them home, I forgot all about my hat and smoke. I just opened the top and was immediately punished. I ran inside and put my gear on, gave them smoke and they chilled out. It was kinda funny.

@beefitbeekeeping 29 күн бұрын

🤣 that was a great mental picture. I hope ya didn’t get stung in the face!

@jima3206 19 күн бұрын

Please discuss the need to stop feeding when you add supers. I see newbs talking about feeding and having supers on far too often. That is not honey!

@hamishlovesit4731 29 күн бұрын

Always try to catch a swarm here ... Haven't got 250 pounds to buy a nucleus 😂 ... Besides they always have shit queens and never last the winter ... Go for the native species every time ... Or in your case in the US the locally adapted bees

@BackBeeBrokenBeekeeping 29 күн бұрын

Wow! Nucs are expensive across the pond!

@user-cp2sx8gp2z 29 күн бұрын

They are expensive here too. I let them come to me in a swarm.