MMJ100
House Bee
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2010
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- Location
- Alpes Maritimes France
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
- Number of Hives
- 20
Hi, I wonder if someone could advise me.
I captured a secondary swarm from my own bees last June. I captured them into a nuc.They filled the front half of 3/4 frames. They expanded somewhat to the end of the summer but seemed to be doing well. Now in Jan, I have not opened up yet to inspect but they are foraging and bringing in pollen. My question is when and how to put them into a full sized hive.
Do I simply move the frames from the Nuc into a full 10 framed box in the same position as the nuc. And do I do this only when they are say filling the 5 frames by say 70% of the frames.
Tank you for your help
Michael
I captured a secondary swarm from my own bees last June. I captured them into a nuc.They filled the front half of 3/4 frames. They expanded somewhat to the end of the summer but seemed to be doing well. Now in Jan, I have not opened up yet to inspect but they are foraging and bringing in pollen. My question is when and how to put them into a full sized hive.
Do I simply move the frames from the Nuc into a full 10 framed box in the same position as the nuc. And do I do this only when they are say filling the 5 frames by say 70% of the frames.
Tank you for your help
Michael