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The dead bees at the bottom of the nuc showed signs of damage so sadly robbed.

Good point so even less weight of bees, thanks

There was evidence of killed bees in the base of the nuc

The bees were robbed out of the Nuc, the rest os the nucs were an acceptable weight and are doing well.

Thanks, I get that but i'm trying to ascertain if there is an acceptable minimum quantity of bees when a buyer pays a commercial seller for a nuc of bees, or is it that there is a nuc box, 5 frames, a queen and a small number of bees. I am ignoring wax, stores etc because I know this nuc being...

Thanks, 2.58 kg being the arrival weight of the lost nuc is still well short of your 3.3kg and indeed your 3.3 has twice as many bees. On your calculations it looks like I had a delivery of 5,000 bees. The next lightest nuc was 4kg and that one is doing fine

Thanks, I only have a few wasps around the hives, I don't know if it was wasps or the other bees. The nucs were moved into the brood boxes with the help of my local club president

Yes the weight of frames and box was 1.98kg so bees only 605g. Robbed within days

Basically yes I put it down to experience BUT this is a guy who produces and sells F1 Buckfast queens so should be selling acceptable quality and a tiny nuc is perhaps not "fit for purpose" I stressed when I placed the order I wanted in June too. I WILL NOT go there again

Thanks, sadly one of the nucs failed completely, robbed out so I was able to check its weight. It was the LIGHT one and only had 605g of bees plus the frames and box being 1.98 giving the arrival weight of 2.585kg It didnt make it into the hive, been robbed out of the nuc. the other nucs...

Hi I have recently bought 6 nucs of buckfast bees, as I have baby scales I decided to weigh the nucs on arrival. The weights varied enormously, so my question is what is the expected weight of a 5 frame nuc (plastic box) from a queen rearer and is there an industry standard or if they were...