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Anything new happen with your bait hive?
This morning I went into my garage to find a bunch of bees checking out a 4 frame nuk I have in there that had one frame of partial comb. I took off the lid and another 50 bees inside. I was getting ready for work and don't want bees moving into the garage so I took off the lid and quickly set up a 5 frame nuk with lgo and queen juice in the back yard.
Isn't it fun to watch? Last year I had the same thing happen, and the bees did move into the backyark nuk once I set it up. Next day, I believe. This year I've had 2 move in, and in both cases it was the next day after scouts began checking it out.
Once they move in, I leave it alone for at least a week. Then I peek, without moving the frames or anything, and lift it a bit from the back to check the weight.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/avshing6xexfuk0/8ZjFtcX82s
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/5fmlzc0lmyw14il/dkEpPdUux8
This morning I went into my garage to find a bunch of bees checking out a 4 frame nuk I have in there that had one frame of partial comb. I took off the lid and another 50 bees inside. I was getting ready for work and don't want bees moving into the garage so I took off the lid and quickly set up a 5 frame nuk with lgo and queen juice in the back yard.
Isn't it fun to watch? Last year I had the same thing happen, and the bees did move into the backyark nuk once I set it up. Next day, I believe. This year I've had 2 move in, and in both cases it was the next day after scouts began checking it out.
Once they move in, I leave it alone for at least a week. Then I peek, without moving the frames or anything, and lift it a bit from the back to check the weight.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/avshing6xexfuk0/8ZjFtcX82s
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/5fmlzc0lmyw14il/dkEpPdUux8
