lilybetbee
House Bee
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2012
- Messages
- 152
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- High Peak
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
I made up a nuc in a poly nuc box in May which built up too much before I had equipment to hive it, so there were QC when I did get to do so.
I split it three ways, majority of bees were left to raise a new queen and did so successfully.
The Q was put in a nuc box and also built up and these are now hived.
The reserve was a QC in a polynuc, when i looked after 4 weeks this didn't have any brood, so I assumed she hadn't mated successfully. I intended to combine the remaining bees with my weakest hive, but when I went to get them today I found brood on three frames. Will this be enough to get through winter in a poly nuc?
I split it three ways, majority of bees were left to raise a new queen and did so successfully.
The Q was put in a nuc box and also built up and these are now hived.
The reserve was a QC in a polynuc, when i looked after 4 weeks this didn't have any brood, so I assumed she hadn't mated successfully. I intended to combine the remaining bees with my weakest hive, but when I went to get them today I found brood on three frames. Will this be enough to get through winter in a poly nuc?