Robing pressure on mini nucs

[Curly green finger's]

Evening all, I usually move mine when there’s robing going on, but I’ve moved them to a smaller apiary and there is still robbing happening they are strong mini nucs with lots of bees and brood oh they are home made mini 4/6 frame nucs.
What do you folk do with yours to stop robbing thanks

 

[Antipodes]

Evening all, I usually move mine when there’s robing going on, but I’ve moved them to a smaller apiary and there is still robbing happening they are strong mini nucs with lots of bees and brood oh they are home made mini 4/6 frame nucs.
What do you folk do with yours to stop robbing thanks
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It's a small entrance, but could be made even smaller.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Evening all, I usually move mine when there’s robing going on, but I’ve moved them to a smaller apiary and there is still robbing happening they are strong mini nucs with lots of bees and brood oh they are home made mini 4/6 frame nucs.
What do you folk do with yours to stop robbing thanks
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Put these on
https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/tunnel-entrance.45995/

 

[Eyeman]

What do you folk do with yours to stop robbing thanks

Don’t raise queens in August

 

[madasafish]

one very small entrance hole.Combine q- with q+ mni nucs using air freshener (for speed and convenience it is unbeatable).
A combined nuc has more workers and is stronger and better able to resist robbing,
Feed fondant only.. not syrup . Syrup attracts robbing.

Despite above, still get robbing.

 

[rolande]

Evening all, I usually move mine when there’s robing going on, but I’ve moved them to a smaller apiary and there is still robbing happening they are strong mini nucs with lots of bees and brood oh they are home made mini 4/6 frame nucs.
What do you folk do with yours to stop robbing thanks
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Tweak your design (twin unit/single unit with integral feeder/external rails on the ends of the box/whatever) so that it has the same footprint as a standard frame nuc. This'll give you immense flexibility with a little thought.

 

[Curly green finger's]

What do you folk do with yours to stop robbing thanks

Don’t raise queens in august

First brood is just emerging on most of them.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Tweak your design (twin unit/single unit with integral feeder/external rails on the ends of the box/whatever) so that it has the same footprint as a standard frame nuc. This'll give you immense flexibility with a little thought.

Winter project I think you sent me details.?

 

[rolande]

Winter project I think you sent me details.?

I've been working on this stuff for the best part of twenty years and have slowly improved what we use here

 

[Curly green finger's]

Mini nucs moved and no robing going on plenty of bees flying from them all and dark browny orange , white and yellow pollen being collected.