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I decided to make a Nuc from my carniolan hive today (about 4:30pm) so they can raise a new queen and to break the mite cycle.
I pulled 5 deep frames from the hive:
1 - 80% capped honey
3 - well covered capped brood frames
1 - 30% honey, some drone comb and a 60% pollen stores.
I found the queen on a frame of mainly eggs and small larvae so I brought it over and gently brushed her into the Nuc and put the frame of eggs back in the original hive. I replaced the frames with foundationless wire frames and checkerboarded them in the hive. Questions:
1. I sealed the Nuc and moved it down to its new location. I was planning on leaving it sealed overnight and then putting a branch in front of the opening (with an entrance reducer on it) in the morning. I assume that's what most people do?
2. Should I feed either the hive or the Nuc? Why/Why Not?
3. How long should I wait before adding another set of frames to the Nuc?
Fingers crossed
-bk79
I pulled 5 deep frames from the hive:
1 - 80% capped honey
3 - well covered capped brood frames
1 - 30% honey, some drone comb and a 60% pollen stores.
I found the queen on a frame of mainly eggs and small larvae so I brought it over and gently brushed her into the Nuc and put the frame of eggs back in the original hive. I replaced the frames with foundationless wire frames and checkerboarded them in the hive. Questions:
1. I sealed the Nuc and moved it down to its new location. I was planning on leaving it sealed overnight and then putting a branch in front of the opening (with an entrance reducer on it) in the morning. I assume that's what most people do?
2. Should I feed either the hive or the Nuc? Why/Why Not?
3. How long should I wait before adding another set of frames to the Nuc?
Fingers crossed
-bk79