nuc condensation

[BBG]

Hi guys,

still vey new to this bee keeping. This is my first winter as a beek and im very nervous about getting my bees through the winter

I knocked up a nuc a couple of months ago out of some 18mm ply. I have put a fixed bottom on it and have found that when I was taking the crownboard off, There was a wet patch underneath it. This has now begun to grow mold on it

I have drilled a couple of 14mm holes in the side of the roof to allow the moist air out but dont think they work as they are in the side wall of the roof and the roofs sits perfectly flat on the crownboard, this nuc is brimming with bees. didnt want to transfer them to a BS national brood box as it was a late swarm so didnt have time to draw all frames out and fill them with stores

If you lose them, it's £100-150 to replace.

Buy this

Polyhive has done a conversion if you search on here and Bob's your unc.

BOL

 

[oliver90owner]

That is first time I meet that trick.

Good. You have learned a new trick today.

 

[Finman]

That is first time I meet that trick.

Good. You have learned a new trick today.

sure! Thanks to your bottomless inventions!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I'm loving it - Finman and RAB the new double act cheering me up no end nice to see an amicable but lively debate on here - no toys out the pram yet!.
But seriously When I split my hive in August I put one lot in a nuc with 2 3/4 inch holes at floor level (covered with omf mesh Finman to stop the bees getting out) within 3 weeks the bees had propolised the holes completely shut, when I built a new 6 frame nuc I listened to them!