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I finally got some comb drawn out on my mini mating nuc frames. Now I'll load them up with bees and a new queen cell.Wish me luck!!Please "like" & "subscribe".
The completed box Two frame nuc boxes are extremely useful and relatively easy and inexpensive to construct. I use them throughout the season for all sorts of things, including: * carrying drawn frames, foundation, stores and/or dummy boards * mating nucs, primed with a grafted cell or a frame with a
Getting bees? See how this new beekeeper did at installing nucs into her brand new beehives.
Alternatively titled “What I did on my forced internet-free break”. So moving house never runs smoothly. No worries with the furniture goi...
Yesterday, my friend Chris and I got together and made bee skeps. We have been talking about making them for months. This is a picture of...
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An instructional video on how to build a mini-nuc bee hive. This is part 2 of a 3 part series. Part 2 covers the mini-nuc hive body and mini-frames.
Making Carpenter Bee Traps: Carpenter bees are nature's answer to the cordless drill. They are incredible drillers and cause significant damage to wooden buildings by burrowing long holes. The bees do not actually eat the wood but drill tunnels as a place to lay eg…
Synopsis : Save money. Take your winter losses now. Unite weak colonies or those headed by dodgy queens … and some thoughts on poly nucs for overwintering. Introduction With apologies to Winston Churchill: “Now this is not the end. It is perhaps the beginning of the end.” {{1}} And even a cursory
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Bee Propolis, Bee Pollen, Royal Bee Jelly, Beeswax blend together in this healing and healthful duo of products. Come along and bee entertained. Scientific...
Another week has passed and we edge ever closer to the silence of winter in the bee yard. To say that I'm not looking forward to that silence would be an understatement. I have grown accustomed to sitting by my hives and watching the bees coming and going as they…
Simple Early Treatment of Nucs Against Varroa Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com First published in ABJ April 2013 Starting the season with a low level of varroa allows a colony to get a jump on the mite and its associated viruses. I tested a simple method for incorporating varroa management into nuc production. Introduction When I try […]
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Effect of Amitraz on Buildup of Nucs Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com First published in ABJ October 2014 Introduction and Objectives I was surprised by the slow buildup and lack of drawing of foundation by the nucs in my 2013/14 Pollen Supp Trial. Although the colonies were started during a dearth, due to the near-continual feeding of […]
Good news! Two Friday nights ago the universe answered my plea for help in locating a new source of honey bees.
