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I've got 15+ frames of drawn comb (some with honey) left over from my poor hive wasn't able to overwinter. The comb has been carefully stored and frozen to kill anything bad.
I'm picking up a 5-frame NUC this weekend and I'm wondering if I can install it into a hive with 2 10-frame deep boxes. My thinking was to place honey frames on the sides, the NUC in the center of the top box and put 5 or 6 empty drawn frames under the NUC in the bottom box. Would give the queen lots of room to breed down when she felt like it and I wouldn't have to watch too closely for swarming during our spring boom vs a single box install.
Any feeback? Is this a dumb idea? I'm just trying to make the most of my existing comb and give the NUC the best chance to succeed.
Thanks!
-Tony
I'm picking up a 5-frame NUC this weekend and I'm wondering if I can install it into a hive with 2 10-frame deep boxes. My thinking was to place honey frames on the sides, the NUC in the center of the top box and put 5 or 6 empty drawn frames under the NUC in the bottom box. Would give the queen lots of room to breed down when she felt like it and I wouldn't have to watch too closely for swarming during our spring boom vs a single box install.
Any feeback? Is this a dumb idea? I'm just trying to make the most of my existing comb and give the NUC the best chance to succeed.
Thanks!
-Tony