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Made 125 nuc boxes - snowy days are great for shop work!

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I spent the past couple days making a few nucs. They are the D-Coates style. They have ventilation holes in each end, and have 3/8" full width entrances. They are glued at every joint with Titebond II, and stapled with 1" glue-coated staples. I built 125 of them; kept me busy during the last few (snowy) days. We have to primer and paint them as soon as the weather shapes up. :) We have amost 2' of snow on the ground right now, and it is 30 degrees F.

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Enjoy!
 
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RAK:
Not including labor, it comes to $5.85 each nuc. Wood = $5.05, glue + staples = average 80 cents, maybe a little high of an estimate.

Brian Suchan:
I built them out in the garage, and took it inside for the photos. :)

Mbeck:
Thanks. I will fill and sell 25 of them. The rest I will install package bees in; they grow faster and build up better, if first installed in a nuc and fed heavily, with both syrup and pollen sub. We'll hafta see about Florida! ;)
 
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