Transferring A Nuc To A Brood Body

[Millet]

I have a six frame double Nuc that i will be moving in to a polyhive brood box at the weekend, i would have done it sooner but funds have been tight and my time through the type of work i do, the Nuc is cold way configuration but i prefare the warm way, do the collective think the bees will have enough time to reorganize there stall coming into winter, there was brood in both boxes the last time i looked so it may be a case of shuffling some frames around to get the brood in the centre, after i have done the deed i will immediately feed them, i have to do it either way as they are in plywood boxes at the moment and i want to give them the best chance for winter and spring build up.
What do you recon.

 

[Erichalfbee]

There should be plenty of time....it's not yet September, go for it.
Time for the queen to lay those bees in the front frames so that the brood is between entrance and stores.

 

[JWF]

Sounds good to me. Try to keep the adjacent frames of brood together as far as you can but as they're going from on top of each other to side by side you've got no choice but to do a bit of reorganisation!

They've got a few weeks to sort themselves out so you should be fine

 

[Millet]

Thank you Erica and JWF you have set my mind at ease, my main concern was going from cold to warm and changing everything around at the same time, i know what bees are like for fixing things but i thought that may have been too much to reorganize at once.
It has to be done so i will do it without too much thinking what ifs now

 

[Gilberdyke John]

I have a six frame double Nuc that i will be moving in to a polyhive brood box at the weekend, i would have done it sooner but funds have been tight and my time through the type of work i do, the Nuc is cold way configuration but i prefare the warm way, do the collective think the bees will have enough time to reorganize there stall coming into winter, there was brood in both boxes the last time i looked so it may be a case of shuffling some frames around to get the brood in the centre, after i have done the deed i will immediately feed them, i have to do it either way as they are in plywood boxes at the moment and i want to give them the best chance for winter and spring build up.
What do you recon.

I'm thinking you mentioned being the new owner of a Lyson polyhive from Abelo. As the brood box has a square footprint and is readily rotatable on the omf floor my personal preference oop North would be to minimise disruption by doing the swap and retaining the cold way orientation.
Come spring and the colony expands with lots of nectar coming in and wax being drawn simply rotate the brood box. You're not going to be going through the brood box many times from now until spring.

PS it's helpful to apply vaseline to the mating surfaces before putting the hive into service.

PPS watch out for the North Easterly winds

 

[Millet]

I will do that John now you have mentioned it, i have been going through the hive the warm way so it will not make much difference if i go through the poly brood box the same way, and yes you are correct i have Abelo polyhive brood boxes x 3 which have the same footprint as the national hive bodies, i have one colony on double brood in them poly brood boxes and i have had no problems getting them apart as they have a strong plastic surface above and below but i will bear it in mind about the Vaseline tip, on the North east winds i will be onto my third winter this season and everything has been ok up to now (touch wood)

 

[Beefriendly]

I think the Vaseline only applies if your bees are heavy propolisers. If I had to find one fault with the Abelo poly hives it would be that the plastic rims are slippy when you are moving double brood hives around.

 

[Millet]

I will do that John now you have mentioned it, i have been going through the hive the warm way so it will not make much difference if i go through the poly brood box the same way, and yes you are correct i have Abelo polyhive brood boxes x 3 which have the same footprint as the national hive bodies, i have one colony on double brood in them poly brood boxes and i have had no problems getting them apart as they have a strong plastic surface above and below but i will bear it in mind about the Vaseline tip, on the North east winds i will be onto my third winter this season and everything has been ok up to now (touch wood)

i mean the cold way but the edit facility passes very quick so i have had to do my edit this way.

 

[Millet]

I think the Vaseline only applies if your bees are heavy propolisers. If I had to find one fault with the Abelo poly hives it would be that the plastic rims are slippy when you are moving double brood hives around.

That fault i can live with and it can easily be remedied when moving hives with four bits of lumber and a extra cargo strap..