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Michael Palmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:36:19 -0500
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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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