[cdykstra]

A little advice, please...

I trapped a swarm in early July and put it in a 5 frame nuc. It was all I had on hand, and after being gone for the past three weeks, i am pleased to see that nearly all frames are drawn out and there are tons of capped brood, pollen and nectar. Very active queen and colony.

When I put the frames from the nuc in a standard deep, is there a particular order I should place them in? Should I keep them together in the middle, separate them, or maybe put them off to one side?

Thanks in advance!

 

[KQ6AR]

Keep them as they are in the middle. If the outside frames are too thick with honey, you can trim them a little.

 

[fish_stix]

Center the 5 nuc frames and if you're filling the rest of the hive with foundation I would put a frame of foundation between the 2 outermost frames on each side. If you don't, they'll take forever to draw it out. When they get those 2 frames drawn, do the same thing again until all the frames are drawn out.