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Wintering a ChCh urban nuc… what to expect?
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<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 10509" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>firstly overwintering nucs is not for beginners. </p><p>its something to avoid doing especially as there is no point to it (unless your selling nucs) which is why there is little info on it.</p><p></p><p>sounds like your nuc is a hive and should be in a single box.</p><p></p><p>any nuc made in spring should be a hive well and truly by autumn. </p><p>common trap for beginners is not understanding hive size very well. which means they often split a normal hive into a weak hive and nuc that take ages to build back up to size. this routinely kills hives. hives need to be strong, beeks need to understand what strong is.</p><p>i'm not a fan of taking splits for swarm control, it doesn't slow down the hive much. i usually split the hive which turns a strong hive into two good hives.</p><p>btw i've never used nuc boxes. i can't see the point its just more work for nothing.</p><p></p><p>i would put them into one normal box, maybe one feed and leave it. its got reasonable stores at the moment.</p><p></p><p>you should be setting up the hives so you do nothing to them over winter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 10509, member: 30"] firstly overwintering nucs is not for beginners. its something to avoid doing especially as there is no point to it (unless your selling nucs) which is why there is little info on it. sounds like your nuc is a hive and should be in a single box. any nuc made in spring should be a hive well and truly by autumn. common trap for beginners is not understanding hive size very well. which means they often split a normal hive into a weak hive and nuc that take ages to build back up to size. this routinely kills hives. hives need to be strong, beeks need to understand what strong is. i'm not a fan of taking splits for swarm control, it doesn't slow down the hive much. i usually split the hive which turns a strong hive into two good hives. btw i've never used nuc boxes. i can't see the point its just more work for nothing. i would put them into one normal box, maybe one feed and leave it. its got reasonable stores at the moment. you should be setting up the hives so you do nothing to them over winter. [/QUOTE]
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