July Beekeeping Nuc Yard Work

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Smart using them in the nucs

I feel sorry for you with this weather. It's been bloody awful, and i live in the better area weatherwise. Good luck with the nucs.

The commute sucks, Griff! Keep at it bois bach!

Unbelievably grim weather almost all spring and summer with more rain predicted up here in North Wales.

Great video!!I learned some tips. Thank you very much, Gruffydd!!!

Balsam in full flower here at loch lomand 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 nucs building up really fast hear but constantly in pulling down cells been clipping queens this year for first time does that have anything to do way them building so many queen cells

The weather has been really bad, I was transferring nucs into hives yesterday and it was nice and sunny, once I got home it started to rain really hard.

At least with nuc production you can somewhat control it, as we know. The weather, we can't.

I think it is a clever idea to turn towards nuc production rather than honey with the weather being so poor. You will still need the pollen flow though but that is better than needing a pollen and a nectar flow. I cannot remember a season this bad throughout the 12 or 13 years I have been a beekeeper, or before that either to be honest.

I get that you sterilised the frame grabber and hive tools, but you handle the smoker with the same gloves hive to hive, so any cross contamination is allowed between hives, unless of course you change gloves at every hive inspection.

What pen do you use to write on the bricks?