Michael Palmer wrote:
> I think you are missing the point of wintering nucs in the north. The 
> idea is to keep the nuc as a small unit of 4 or 5 frames. They don't 
> have to be a two story nuc. Placing one nuc on top of another is a 
> waste of 1 nuc. 4 frame nucs winter just fine as they are, and with 
> only 20 pounds of feed. 
Do you leave the nucs physically separate from each other and on their 
own stand or group them to keep down heat loss?

I know that some have them over colonies but independent from the lower 
box just for preserving heat.Others group them in clusters for the same 
reason.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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