first nuc attempt

[jallen]

hi all my first attempt at building a nuc hive wood recovered from local skip

 

[tonybloke]

Kool, but why the hole in the roof?

 

[jallen]

bit of ventilation if not needed can all be be filled

 

[wightbees]

Put a bit of mesh over it or it will be a second exit.Or a cork into the hole.

 

[jallen]

hole know filled with cork lol

 

[MJBee]

Hoffman side bars AND frame spacers is a bit OTT Jallen I would remove the spacers and keep them for super frames (Steps back and waits for "spacers are the devil's playthings" comments)

Nice nuc by the way

 

[wightbees]

Those spacers are wider than the hofman frames as well,or it looks like it .

 

[victor meldrew]

Begging for problems unless you lose the spacers
The gaps between the Hoffman shoulders will definitely be cemented together with propolis !

John W

 

[VEG]

The entrance hole seems a little high up as well, but looking very good any bees would be happy bees in there.

 

[jallen]

spacers riped off

 

[victor meldrew]

Fill gap created by closing up of frames with a division board (piece of ply )
Removing this will allow leeway to prise frames apart for lifting :-D

John W.

 

[wightbees]

Or take out that last frame and make a frame feeder come dummy board if turned the other way round , just a idea

 

[rob bone]

well done jallen nice nuc better than i would of done.

 

[Hivemaker.]

Jallen
I would also advise you to make an entrance near the bottom,floor level,it will be difficult for the living bee's to remove any dead bee's,especially over winter with the entrance you have,also a small mesh covered hole in the floor to allow any water to run out,unless of course you already have a mesh section in the floor.

 

[Black Comb]

Nice work J Allen.

I hope you don't mind me asking in this thread but it is relevant.

What's the best way of insulating a wooden nuc. for overwintering?
(assuming insulation is needed?)

 

[MuswellMetro]

Those spacers are wider than the hofman frames as well,or it looks like it .

look like 37mm £hornes narrows which are 2mm wider than standard hoffmans which are 35mm

and well done for a first effort

 

[Hombre]

Actually think about the WBC and you could realistically keep four nucs in a common outer box for weather protection. Just make sure that the entrances don't allow the bees into a common void (gasket between box entrances and nuc entrances).

Sort of a mini bee house, with an insulated roof, or maybe that might be better on the top of each nuc - this is all theoretical as I haven't overwintered nucs except as upgrades into a full sized hive. In retrospect I should have dummied the box up a bit to reduce space, but that will be done to bring them on in a few week's time.

Thinking is because both garage and greenhouse are noticeable a few degrees warmer than outside.

 

[Hivemaker.]

What's the best way of insulating a wooden nuc. for overwintering?
(assuming insulation is needed?)

All i use is 25mm thick kingspan in the roof,and they over winter just fine.

 

[jallen]

hanks for the feed back all gona have another go at it

 

[drstitson]

nice nuc. just need a nice revolving entrance cover.

BTW have seen argument that small colonies defend themselves better with higher entrances - nearer the mass of off bees.