Northern Raised Nucleus Colony Installation
Join Master Beekeeper Erin MacGregor-Forbes as she installs a local northern raised over wintered nucleus honey bee colony in the spring of 2010 in southern Maine. Erin also describes the benefit of working with local over wintered northern raised nucs instead of package bees and nucs with a queen recently introduced to them.
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loved the video , I get mine in two weeks cant wait …..
Iceskater1001
May 4, 2012 at 10:15 am
In Maine in April and May they do! 🙂 This pure cane in a 1 to 1 solution with water digests easily and simulates the nectar flow they need to draw enough comb to raise brood and store pollen. They would dwindle and die without it until Mother Nature provides her dandelion and fruit bloom flow.
redbrookhoney
May 4, 2012 at 10:48 am
feeding bees sugar water it not good for bees they dont need sugar water to draw out comb
keithmysterthegreat
May 4, 2012 at 11:02 am
bee raising is cool
odainzy
May 4, 2012 at 11:38 am
Very nice work. A nucleus on 5 frames like that, how much it cost? thx. Regards from Romania
Bobolicx
May 4, 2012 at 12:23 pm
your looking good Erin. glad your growing and expanding. hope you haven’t forgot me.
Don
fineshooter
May 4, 2012 at 12:35 pm
Жаль что языковой барьер зачастую ставит перед людьми непреодолимые преграды!!!А вы из какой страны?
sergey8675
May 4, 2012 at 1:27 pm
Я не знаю вашего языка тоже. Это Лангстрота ульев.Пчелы, как размер и они легки в управлении.
redbrookhoney
May 4, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Здравствуйте!Скажите,а вы занимаетесь пчеловодством в многокорпусном улье Лангстрота-Рута или предпочитаете его двухкорпусную модификацию с магазинами?Извините,что не знаю вашего языка!У нас,в России,тоже обретает популярность улей Рута!Правда,более популярна многокорпусная модель,-с магазинами почему-то не любят,хотя они легче корпусов!С уважением к вам…
sergey8675
May 4, 2012 at 2:10 pm
@evolvingfruit They are mongrels! A mix of carniolan, russian and italian. We have some queens of each race and some that are a mix of all 3. The key is they survived a Maine winter before installation last spring.
redbrookhoney
May 4, 2012 at 3:03 pm
cool. The size is pretty large and there’s about 10 full frames.So I just hope for a good winter for the bees.Thank you.
manvilletrain
May 4, 2012 at 3:57 pm
It depends? The key is the size of the remaining cluster and how much honey they have left. In my area at this time of year we like a watermelon sized cluster and at least 10 deep frames of honey and a few frames of pollen in the hive. They may loose a few thousand bees over the winter and still have plenty of cluster size to stay warm.
redbrookhoney
May 4, 2012 at 4:24 pm
thanks for all the uploads. I live in NJ and have 1 hive this year being my first. I looked today and there were about 30 dead bees at the bottom.Will they survive the winter?
manvilletrain
May 4, 2012 at 4:46 pm