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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: barry42001 on February 09, 2014, 04:44:21 am

Title: Got 2 NUCs
Post by: barry42001 on February 09, 2014, 04:44:21 am

picked up to nucs yesterday, couldn't inspecting them way I would like to because it was raining
because it wasn't nuc thought I could get away with no smoker, did remember the veil and wound up having to remember the smoker lol girls were a little testy in the rain and overcast.

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Title: Re: Got 2 NUCs
Post by: Perry on February 09, 2014, 07:27:48 am

Ahhhh Florida. Nucs are available up here in maybe May.  :D
Good to see you back in the saddle again with your bees.

Title: Re: Got 2 NUCs
Post by: LazyBkpr on February 09, 2014, 08:44:06 am

oh!! my gosh.. take some pics Barry so I can lick the screen!!!   I'm going insane!

Title: Re: Got 2 NUCs
Post by: Woody Roberts on February 09, 2014, 09:16:47 am

Yeah, I'm getting pretty anxious too.

Title: Re: Got 2 NUCs
Post by: riverbee on February 09, 2014, 12:08:41 pm

"oh!! my gosh.. take some pics Barry so I can lick the screen!!!   I'm going insane!"

...... :D yes, us northern keeps have been and are very deprived souls!

Title: Re: Got 2 NUCs
Post by: barry42001 on February 09, 2014, 02:14:57 pm

yeah down here we're just about ready to get started in 2 maple,  oak, and in fairly short order citrus so even if I get no honey from the bees at all, they should build up very quickly. the thing that we  down here in Florida have to worry about is after this spring and early summer flows it will be next to nothing until mid August early September and that assumes the weather promotes it, and if that's light you can starve the bees  pretty quick so having feed available is essential.

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Title: Re: Got 2 NUCs
Post by: barry42001 on February 09, 2014, 05:20:50 pm

Quote from: barry42001 on February 09, 2014, 02:14:57 pm

yeah down here we're just about ready to get started in 2 maple,  oak, and in fairly short order citrus so even if I get no honey from the bees at all, they should build up very quickly. the thing that we  down here in Florida have to worry about is after this spring and early summer flows it will be next to nothing until mid August early September and that assumes the weather promotes it, and if that's light you can starve the bees  pretty quick so having feed available is essential.

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Title: Re: Got 2 NUCs
Post by: barry42001 on February 13, 2014, 02:28:11 pm

the girls are up and flying very well the temperature finally climbed above 50, interesting, they seem to be ignoring the sugar syrup which means there must be plenty of nectar.

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Title: Re: Got 2 NUCs
Post by: blueblood on February 17, 2014, 03:41:58 pm

Nucs are the second option available after packages after May usually here.

Title: Re: Got 2 NUCs
Post by: BoilerJim on February 17, 2014, 04:57:11 pm

Dang, I am really getting SPRING FEVER now !

Title: Re: Got 2 NUCs
Post by: barry42001 on February 17, 2014, 05:06:37 pm

lol

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