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Hi everyone,
So I am a noobie and found several local people selling NUCS.
The one person nearest to me keeps pushing the date back and keeps saying the bees aren't ready yet.
They aren't strong enough he says and won't sell a weak colony..
So I had another person 30 minutes away from me and he was going to have NUCS available anywhere from the 20th-25th.
That didn't happen and he pushed it to this Sunday the 28th.
Today he messages me and says the bees are stuck in Virginia and wont see them till Tuesday now.
I wasn't ready for bees last year but this year after building all my own hardware and getting everything I could possibly need I am so ready for them.
My thinking is I have waited this long so what's a few more days.
My only concern is how long have the bees been on the truck and how long can they stay closed up in the nuc?
I messaged him that question and just got silence. LOL
Has anyone else ran into this before and how will the bees be after all that traveling and such?
Thanks,
Joe
So I am a noobie and found several local people selling NUCS.
The one person nearest to me keeps pushing the date back and keeps saying the bees aren't ready yet.
They aren't strong enough he says and won't sell a weak colony..
So I had another person 30 minutes away from me and he was going to have NUCS available anywhere from the 20th-25th.
That didn't happen and he pushed it to this Sunday the 28th.
Today he messages me and says the bees are stuck in Virginia and wont see them till Tuesday now.
I wasn't ready for bees last year but this year after building all my own hardware and getting everything I could possibly need I am so ready for them.
My thinking is I have waited this long so what's a few more days.
My only concern is how long have the bees been on the truck and how long can they stay closed up in the nuc?
I messaged him that question and just got silence. LOL
Has anyone else ran into this before and how will the bees be after all that traveling and such?
Thanks,
Joe