June 14th, 2012
Ok so officially my first nuc is dead. Maybe 200-300 bees left in there, at least
255 drones. Out of the 10 frames 4
frames had a handful each on them.
The Good news is I picked up the new Nuc from Eddy Honey today.
Great to meet someone from the group just wish he was a little closer. I did
not take any pics of the nuc but it looked great. Nice fat queen Great laying pattern
good stores great temper. It was a full five frames and now knowing a little
more about bees then I did when I started the 2 nucs I have gotten this year
are as different as night and day.
So I finally got home about 8pm and did as Iddee suggested.
I put the new hive in the old hives place took the frames from the old hive and
knocked the bees off in front of the new hive. Maybe about 200-300 bees.
They started going in the hive and clustering
on the front of the hive. It was getting dark by this time so I put the frames
in a bag and put them in the freezer.
June 15th, 2012
On Friday I went outside to put the hive top feeder on and
the hive was buzzing with a lot of orientation flights. I am going to Las Vegas
Monday morning for business till next Saturday. So the girls will have a good
week to get settled before I jump in for an inspection.
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