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    Room to expand ?

    Oliver, Seems that we got off " on the wrong foot". I have not had bees for about four years due to illness, prior to this I kept about 10 colonies fairly sucessfully for 8 years or so. I was lucky to have a "Master Beekeeper" as a mentor but we have sadly lost contact. I have also now lost...
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    Room to expand ?

    Wow !! I thought this was a pleasant forum!! Read again.......... Five frame nuc plus 6 frames of foundation = 11 frames .... plus a super. AND it was chucking it down with rain when I got the bees AND I thought all my kit had been nicked (see stolen hives thread)
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    Room to expand ?

    Room to expand I didn't have a dummy board available so I put in 6 frames of foundation (3 each side of the five frames), then as they started to draw the outer frame, I gradually moved it inwards towards the center being carefull not to "isolate" brood. After a few weeks I now have...
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    Room to expand ?

    Bought a five frame nuc about a month ago. They are doing well and steadily drawing out the 6 frames of foundation. They are not all drawn on both sides yet but I have noticed in the evening that the hive looks jam packed with bees over all frames (looking in the entrance with a torch). I...
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    Nuc Feeding Advice

    Thanks to everyone........ one more question. Where would you put the new frames of foundation. I have them on the outside of the original five frames. As they are drawn, I was going to move them inwards but I'm concerned about putting a thermal break into the center of the brood nest. I'm...
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    Nuc Feeding Advice

    I have recently bought a five frame nuc. As I was short of equipment I placed them in a national hive and added frames of foundation and shut the entrance down. They were given 2 pints of syrup followed by a further 2 pints a week later especially as the weather has turned a bit iffy. They...
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    Squatters

    Thanks to all replies above. I can now report that this has been sorted amicably and I was able to help out an obvious beginner who really needed it! No hard feelings and two happy beekeepers.
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    Squatters

    Again, thanks to everyone. I didn't want to over complicate this to start with but here goes........ The old frames were removed a year or so ago and scrapped off (full of moth and mice). When I visited last weekend, my old hives were all nicely stacked up and all the wood work cleaned and...
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    Squatters

    Thanks to everyone who have responded. I have enough ideas now so I guess we can close this thread. I'm a reasonable chap and would be happy to share on a temporary basis. Let's hope my squatter is as reasonable.
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    Squatters

    Due to illness, I had to leave my out-apiary for approx 3 seasons. The bees eventually dissappeared. Not suprising really. Last week I bought a nuc to start over again and went to apiary to pick up some kit only to find that someone had put bees in one of my hives. This is not a stray swarm...
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