Purpose Last year we had four nucs left over and for years I have wanted to try a few things to see how these late nucs would fare. We will use nine frames in each second. The Nucs The Queens The queens are North Star, imported from Ontario. Queens one to three are marked, four…

The Carniolan queens arrived from Australia safe and sound with no casualties. After picking them up from the airport and bringing them home, the first job is to give them a drink of water. The queen and her attendants feed on the fondant. When introduced into a hive, the bees will eat the fondant from…

Our truck is in the shop for an engine replacement so we took our UTV to a central location and have been using it to get from yard to yard. One of our generous landowners allowed us to keep it in their equipment yard. Our main objective for this visit is to give each hive…