Transferring a nuc to a top bar hive?

[Curly green finger's]

Looking for options of the above title.
Alternative - I have a 4 frame kieler mini nuc I could attach the top bars from the kieler to some made top bar hive frames then bolster them further with nurse bees ?
I have a client wanting to buy a nuc.
I don’t like the option of cutting down brood frames etc.

Thanks me

 

[Newbeeneil]

If you go for the Kieler option add additional bees from several colonies to stop fighting. (Just realised I’m probably teaching my grandmother to suck eggs!)

 

[Curly green finger's]

If you go for the Kieler option add additional bees from several colonies to stop fighting. (Just realised I’m probably teaching my grandmother to suck eggs!)

Good call mate I have two weeks so if I made them up using the kieler which to me sounds a better option I think if I made them up on Friday and the client came to get them a week later that would give them some time to settle and draw some more comb .

 

[Erichalfbee]

Looking for options of the above title.
Alternative - I have a 4 frame kieler mini nuc I could attach the top bars from the kieler to some made top bar hive frames then bolster them further with nurse bees ?
I have a client wanting to buy a nuc.
I don’t like the option of cutting down brood frames etc.

Thanks me

You’ve got masses of colonies. Why don’t you just make them up a package with the nuc’s queen? Easy and clean.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I wouldn't be faffing around trying to bodge up some Frankenstein's monster and expect it to be a saleable commodity in two weeks
Your options are:
As Dani, make up a package from the supers of all the colonies you have then add a caged queen
Give them a nuc as is and let them sort it out.

 

[Curly green finger's]

You’ve got masses of colonies. Why don’t you just make them up a package with the nuc’s queen? Easy and clean.

I wouldn't be faffing around trying to bodge up some Frankenstein's monster and expect it to be a saleable commodity in two weeks
Your options are:
As Dani, make up a package from the supers of all the colonies you have then add a caged queen
Give them a nuc as is and let them sort it out.

Yes but it has got to go into a top bar hive .
All my colony’s with supers ? How many boxes do you want me to fill?
I don’t want to just give them a nuc and let them sort it out if your referring to the client?

 

[Erichalfbee]

What’s wrong with a package or do you really want to give them a colony with chopped up frames? Not very professional and not much good for your reputation either.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Yes but it has got to go into a top bar hive

and a package will go into anything you like

 

[Curly green finger's]

and a package will go into anything you like

It would thanks for the info

 

[madasafish]

Just don't bodge it.
I used to: Queens don#t like to lay if there are any vertical wood divisions in comb.. OK in summer when a big flow: bad in Spring/Autumn when colder with lesser flow,

Makes a mess.
I have stopped doing it. Not worth the future issues.