Nuc makers

[jonnybeegood]

For any of the bigger equipment sellers, can someone tell me why they dont make Nucs with removable floors or even just the mesh floor? It would be so much easier to unite a nuc to a hive without needing spare BB's, all you would need is a board with a rectangular hole cut out to sit the nuc on.

 

[B+.]

can someone tell me why they dont make Nucs with removable floors or even just the mesh floor?

Do you mean the poly nucs? Wood nucs don't have fixed floors

 

[Tawny Owl]

I bought one of the Th@rne's poly nucs. The whole bottom panel knocks off, removing the entrance as well. Might be worth a try?

 

[jonnybeegood]

Do you mean the poly nucs? Wood nucs don't have fixed floors

Yes sorry i meant poly, i use Paynes poly nucs, i love them apart from this problem, it would make cleaning so much easier too, i would have thought they would be much easier to mould as seperate items, they could fit together like the top 14x12 Eke & supers do.

 

[Cazza]

I bought one of the Th@rne's poly nucs. The whole bottom panel knocks off, removing the entrance as well. Might be worth a try?

I have two of these. Easy to pop the floor off and use to unite. Problem solved.
Cazza

 

[dexter's shed]

Yes sorry i meant poly, i use Paynes poly nucs, i love them apart from this problem, it would make cleaning so much easier too, i would have thought they would be much easier to mould as seperate items, they could fit together like the top 14x12 Eke & supers do.

just buy yourself the paynes brood extension, that is open top and bottom, then when you want to unite with a hive, crown board with hole, and sit the frames out of the nuc into the brood extension on top of your crown board, simple

 

[jonnybeegood]

just buy yourself the paynes brood extension, that is open top and bottom, then when you want to unite with a hive, crown board with hole, and sit the frames out of the nuc into the brood extension on top of your crown board, simple

They dont do a brood extension, they do a 14x12 eke to extend the BB to that size frame, & they do supers but no extra BB as far as i know? I could probably put supers together to achieve a unite but if the bottom came off it would save transferring frames over & disturbing the bees so much.

 

[Hivemaker.]

They dont do a brood extension

http://www.paynesbeefarm.co.uk/nuc-mating-hives/brood-box-for-poly-nuc/

 

[jonnybeegood]

http://www.paynesbeefarm.co.uk/nuc-mating-hives/brood-box-for-poly-nuc/

Goddam why hasnt that come up when ive searched, thankyou, i will be getting those. Still means swapping everything over rather than taking the bottom off but it has given me ideas

 

[derekm]

Make your own out of recticel

 

[jonnybeegood]

Make your own out of recticel

Bit soft isnt it.

 

[Arfermo]

Do you mean the poly nucs? Wood nucs don't have fixed floors

Mine has a fixed floor.

 

[derekm]

Bit soft isnt it.

no not if you have designed it carefully

 

[BrianO]

Yes, agree should be removable floors.

Just thinking though, could adapt, could just cut out bottom section and fitt a clip to reinsert as necessary. Must try, should be easy.

How though when you sit polynuc say over national do you keep rain etc off crownboard, drape with plastic ?

 

[B+.]

Mine has a fixed floor.

I have a couple of old National nucs that don't have fixed floors. I bought them from Thornes a long time ago.
Maybe other manufacturers do things differently...a fixed floor limits its use considerably