Thursday, March 22, 2012

Nucs

A few weeks ago I found some nuc plans for nucs made out of plywood. If you want to look at the beesource thread I found them on click here. A few days ago dad cut some plywood for me so I could make four of these nucs. So far I've got all four built though I'm still working on the lids. For four nucs we use a 4' X 8' piece of half inch plywood. It's pretty cheep to make them which is nice. I just put mine together with our power nailer which makes it go pretty fast. Here are a couple of pictures of my nucs.






Danny

2 comments:

  1. Interesting. They look really nice and sturdy. Are you planning on selling nucs? Are you going to divide your hives and grow your own queens? I started my second hive this spring. It is really warm here already. Nectar and pollen readily available to the bees. Best of Luck. Karen in Missouri.

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  2. I'm not going to try queen rearing or selling nucs this year though I might split if they look good in mid April. I'd like to eventually try queen rearing. :) It sounds kind of fun.

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