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Wintering a ChCh urban nuc… what to expect?
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<blockquote data-quote="Josh" data-source="post: 10506" data-attributes="member: 16"><p>Hey 1 & all.</p><p></p><p>I’m trying to over winter a nuc. It’s two 5-frame boxes, and a hive top feeder. Queen new this year, generated as part of swarm control. </p><p></p><p>Good stores at moment (5+ honey/syrup), pollen and 3ish frames brood.</p><p></p><p>Checked yesterday (full AFB check, strips out etc). It’s winding down nicely as the days get cooler (no drones, and some backfilling of old brood space with nectar/syrup). </p><p></p><p>Only tried to winter a nuc once before, by stretching it to one box and feeding like mad…. It died. Needless to say, I’m now unimpressed with the person who sold a newbie a nuc to a complete novice at the end of the season. But having failed before, I’ve been doing some reading and there isn’t much out there (NZ Beeking, YouTube, forums) specifically on nuc management over winter. </p><p></p><p>I plan to feed syrup over winter. It’s at home in my ChCh back yard. So can do it as often as needed. I was going to sneak/peak on warm days or heft as often as needed. </p><p></p><p>Any/All advice welcome please.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josh, post: 10506, member: 16"] Hey 1 & all. I’m trying to over winter a nuc. It’s two 5-frame boxes, and a hive top feeder. Queen new this year, generated as part of swarm control. Good stores at moment (5+ honey/syrup), pollen and 3ish frames brood. Checked yesterday (full AFB check, strips out etc). It’s winding down nicely as the days get cooler (no drones, and some backfilling of old brood space with nectar/syrup). Only tried to winter a nuc once before, by stretching it to one box and feeding like mad…. It died. Needless to say, I’m now unimpressed with the person who sold a newbie a nuc to a complete novice at the end of the season. But having failed before, I’ve been doing some reading and there isn’t much out there (NZ Beeking, YouTube, forums) specifically on nuc management over winter. I plan to feed syrup over winter. It’s at home in my ChCh back yard. So can do it as often as needed. I was going to sneak/peak on warm days or heft as often as needed. Any/All advice welcome please. [/QUOTE]
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