I didn't realise they did poly nucs, are you sure it's the same company?Yes : their poly nuc is the best design available imo.
I bought some of their seconds brood boxes and made my own insulated UFEs. Plans are available for £100
I couldn’t see any nucs either, is the poly as dense as others those boxes look a little chunky and that gets me wondering.
That’s what I thought when you see them bulkiy like that it’s normally a give away. Years ago you couldn’t get BS poly nuc but you could convert a swienty lang poly and get them at the spring convention….park beekeeping made some out of big poly sheets, you can imagine what I said as some walked off with them
They seem v dense, solid and well made. I will be putting most of my bees into these so will need to wait till after next winter to find out how they perform.
IIRC, Derek Mitchell did a thermal test on the various poly offerings and this one beat the rest.
That could well indicate they are less dense.
Just reopened this thread, came across this and thought bugger I have gone on the wrong forum again
I tend to give them an extra 5gr, filling up the hex up to the nec is an extra 18gr if I recall. Based on this year's crop that would be 52 jars less which is quite a lot. Nobody has complained so far so will stick to below the neck
Yes, definitely stay at the lower end of the neck or it gets expensive in the long run. I go 2g over the label weight, don't worry about 3, but 4 is too much.
Yes, there's a trade-off between thermal efficiency and sturdiness.
