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> In the north, you might have less success with that unless maybe you
> stacked two nuc boxes,one on top of the other, and got the supplemented
> nuc to fill the second nus body with food stores. What
> do those of you up north think?
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. I
think that in the south, you could do something similar, once you get the
timing down. Make them near the end of the season, when they can build a
good population, store a bit of honey, and then shut down brood rearing.
There they'll be, ready to explode when your spring starts.
Mike
Mike
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