BS Honey Bees Nuc Review

BS Honey Bees Nuc Review

BS Honey Bees 2 in 1 Poly Nuc Review.

[johnoflynn]

Only been beekeeping for a year and I've just bought one of these 2in1 Nucs for the versatility they will give me when expanding. They were a good price so glad your review is so positive. Looking at the comments, smearing Vaseline in the dividing groove and a plywood replacement for the corex are great tips. Thanks.

[markjohnadams]

They are also great for making a timing box so you can get just hatched larvae for grafting. Cut a plastic queen excluder the same size as the divider, place it in the middle, put your breeder queen in one side with just drawn out frames (no eggs/lavae), in a well stocked nuc box, four days after closing them up you know that all hatched eggs are the exact age you need, none will be too old.

[davedouglass]

I’ve got a dozen of these. Totally agree about the divider… awful! Lol However, I’m totally going to do the ply replacement, top tip! Thanks.

[darrylclements]

I recently got 2 14x12 versions of this Nuc. Loved the idea of stacking the maisemore brood box on top to make it 12 frame with that little modification. Do you think it would work if I got a couple of 14x12 ekes from BS Honey Bees and the bodies from Maisemore?
Thanks for the videos as always Lawrence 👍🏼

[TheBushMaster]

I really like those features of these poly nucs. I'm currently moving my hives over to polystyrene hive. Where are these available from ?

[bevmattnelson]

Do you pain the inside of your feeder I watched the painting Video and you said it was different for the feeder but wasn't sure what you recommended x

[wobblybotnikki]

Great video. My husband is a huge fan.

[AntennaBee]

Hi Laurence

easy soloution is to coat sliding surfaces with vaselene bees wont touch it

[patricklaslett]

I like the winter feeding solution - but having used a couple of double nuc wooden boxes I won't be rushing to use a poly one. Maybe I would if I needed to produce more nucs. Once the boxes have bees in they become harder to use. What I would say is to move laying queens out asap especially if they don't both mate at the same time.

[markjohnadams]

Are you going to do a video or two on queen rearing? Always interesting to see other peoples methods.