>be able to make it through the winter.  However, many beekeepers are
>advocating fall nucs to have ready for the following spring.  Most notably
>on this list has been David Eyre.
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>What I am pondering follows.  I currently have a number of small hives
>which were in comb honey production this summer.  Some of these hives
>are single medium brood chamber hives, some deep.  All are quite strong
>after harvesting the Ross Round comb section supers.  In years past I would
>combine these small hives with other hives to consolidate the bees for
 
 
The only comment I would like to add. I believe it is imperative in colder
areas to give the bees 'moving up' space and as much stores as possible.
What I mean by moving up space is 4 on 4, or 5 on 5, frames. We start them
in 5 frame nucs, then about now we add 5 frames of sealed honey on top,
still keeping two nucs in one box. Seperate of course.
    Then in a couple of weeks we feed again to fill them right up. We wait
till the first killing frost to make sure the queen quits laying
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