I'm a new beekeeper and have a couple of new hives that are doing well. These were started from a couple of three pound packages about a month ago. Both have filled one medium 8-frame super and have started working on second supers.
My wife just bought me a 5 frame nuc box (2 supers) as a birthday gift. Initially I thought I wouldn't be able to use it this year but I've enjoyed working with the bees so much I started trying to think of ways I could make a third colony. I would love to have a nuc going in to winter. Any suggestions on how to do this? Maybe doing a split? If that wouldn't be a good thing to do I can wait until next year. Thanks for any suggestions or info!
My wife just bought me a 5 frame nuc box (2 supers) as a birthday gift. Initially I thought I wouldn't be able to use it this year but I've enjoyed working with the bees so much I started trying to think of ways I could make a third colony. I would love to have a nuc going in to winter. Any suggestions on how to do this? Maybe doing a split? If that wouldn't be a good thing to do I can wait until next year. Thanks for any suggestions or info!