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From: "Michael Palmer" : " Robin, I fully realize you are in the UK. Your
flows are
> different...therefore your beekeeping management is different"
Don't get me wrong - I do not winter nucs, no need, winter losses in UK are
so small, coped with by wintering a few swarms as full colonies - I am
sitting here learning - contributing a bit of book theory teases out
experience from others - your time line is really clear and insightful. Also
your DOUBLE nuc boxes, two nucs forming a single cluster with a central
divider, which part explains how small lots survive (I suspect u also get
other factors right, such as an outer cover to keep boxes dry and so avoid
wind-chill, and the correct amount of top ventilation which perhaps u keep
open at first then close when new brood starts - yes? or no? More detail
would be very interesting. We could adapt for the UK climate - and perhaps
more of us could start to make and over-winter nucs for sale to new
beekeepers in spring.
Robin Dartington
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