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I keep reading that people start out with two nucs and before the year is out they've had to split and end up with 6 or more hives.

I really want to learn to manage as I am able and grow as I am financially able - so what do I do with the extra bees?

Lots of suggestions very appreciated.

Thanks!

 

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Thank you, Fivej,

I guess I should educate myself on selling nucs. I didn't think there would be a soul out there that would buy a nuc from a newbee.

 

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MattDavey, THANK YOU!!! This is incredibly helpful! I am printing your answer and putting it in my notebook. THANK YOU!

 

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FifeJ - at my first beekeepers association, the speaker was warning the newbies not to take the swarm season and their nucs for granted. He asked others who had new nucs last year what happened -all but one either had to be split or swarmed -and that hive died from hornets attacking it. So, yes, it's a very good possibility that I may have to do something to keep within a workable limit while I am learning.