Building A Bee Nuc Box

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Building a bee nuc box.

E next day each nuc receives either a laying queen or a ripe queen cell. I slightly modified plans found at. Put a piece of old comb in the box with a few frames and hang it about 10 feet off the ground. These pencil lines will become the 90 degree edges that must be bent for the top.

One 8 1 2 by 20 piece for the bottom to allow for a landing board for the bees. You will still be able to make your deep nuc from one 10 plank because the small pieces handles and whatnot that are made from the rip can be made from the end scrap instead. Once the paint is dry evenly position the and trace the circumference of the roof on the metal sheet. Just like the nuc box glue screw plug and sand the assemble top.

Select a wooded area that is fairly accessible. If you are looking to expand your number of bee hives by attracting wild bees a nuc box is one of the best tools you can use. A swarm is more likely to pick this box than other places because it smells like an old hive was there because of the comb and because it is up off the ground. Frames of bees are transferred so that each nuc gets a frame of honey a full frame of brood a frame with partial brood and honey and a frame of foundation.

A nucleus hive is a small bee hive. The top and bottom will still be the same dimensions though. If you want to build a nuc for deep frames you will have to use a 1 12 instead of a 1 10 and you will need to leave the 56 piece the full width of the 1 x 12. For each nuc box we marked off and cut.

Using metal shears cut a 45 degree angle from each edge of the metal sheet to the outline edge of the top. Catching wild swarms of bees. My plan for moving our bee colony with us. When the box is built the frames sit on a solid looking ledge as seen in the photo above.

Construction of a nucleus nuc colony beehive. In today s video we show you guys how to build your own homemade nuc for bees. Just resting the frames on wooden lugs will result in disaster as the frames will then be stuck in place. It is important not to leave this feature out as it stops the bees from expanding their comb construction towards the two ends of the box.

Nuc box as a bait hive. As the young colony expands they are given a second super so that by fall the colony is in 8 frames in a 4 over 4 con guration. Where a conventional hive holds 10 12 frames in the broodbox and can be expanded upwards by adding supers for honey storage a nucleus or nuc hive only holds 3 6 frames of brood. We need to be able to remove the frames so that they can be relocated in bigger hives at a later.

One 9 by 22 piece for the top. You can use these to catch swarms and to grow your splits. If you guys like the gear i wear in the video. Two 8 1 2 by 2 pieces for cleats to hold the frames inside.

They are typically used for housing small colonies that result from a captured swarm or a split from a large colony.