gasman
New Bee
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2010
- Messages
- 28
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- Location
- North Suffolk
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
Hi all,
I picked up a six frame nuc on Friday evening (last week), due to strong cold winds I finally located them in the hive late Tuesday. As the temperature was starting to drop I didn't hang about and inspect the brood (also the girls were covering the brood, probably to keep it warm).
Anyway the next day at lunchtime they were very happy and extremely busy coming and going.
I was going to leave them for 7 days to settle in but as I could not look at the brood and they had been in the nuc box for several days should I be thinking of doing it over the weekend? Also if I find queen cells what would be the best course of action?
Michael
I picked up a six frame nuc on Friday evening (last week), due to strong cold winds I finally located them in the hive late Tuesday. As the temperature was starting to drop I didn't hang about and inspect the brood (also the girls were covering the brood, probably to keep it warm).
Anyway the next day at lunchtime they were very happy and extremely busy coming and going.
I was going to leave them for 7 days to settle in but as I could not look at the brood and they had been in the nuc box for several days should I be thinking of doing it over the weekend? Also if I find queen cells what would be the best course of action?
Michael