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> Why six frames? It was the best size nuc I could build with the scrap
> lumber I had available.
The type of box doesn't really matter. It's more about what's inside the box.
> If I had one complaint, they don't seem to warm up in the spring as
> fast, and brood development seems behind my established hives, but once
> the warmer spring weather arrives, they come on marvelously well.
Could the problem be a lack of stored pollen. Your established hives have
pollen stored last fall. The nucs, in my area, don't store much pollen, and
brood rearing doesn't get underway until pollen is available. You could try
feeding pollen or a substitute.
Mike
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