Rainy Days

This is about the 4th weekend in a row with rain. Went to check NUCS I installed last. Very different numbers. One hive I also didn't notice eggs or very many larvae. I'll have to check again soon. The other had good numbers and was starting to rain so I went ahead and added another deep. Cut grass with hand weed cutter I bought at a garage sale. Worked well! Temp was in the mid 70's at time of check.

Trying to save 150 bees!

Leftover honeybees after a NUC need to be saved. Well, I'm going to try anyway. Soooo, they need to raise larvae, feed the royal jelly and make a new queen? How hard can it beeee?

Stay tuned. 80 degree day. INSTALLED IN MY BACK YARD!

NUC Install

Installed my very first NUCS for myself today. I've always had packages or wild swarms in the past.

Nucs, or nucleus colonies, are small honey bee colonies created from larger colonies. The term refers both to the smaller size box and the colony of honeybees within it. The name is derived from the fact that a nuc hive is centered on a queen, the nucleus of the honey beecolony.

It was a quick install of two of them because I was trying to get to a soccer game. It's about 75° and a little bit breezy but a perfect day to install. Wasn't expecting them until tomorrow but with honeybees you never know when they come in and you have to be ready.