Beginner Bee Keeping - Installing First NUCs

Installing the first two NUCs of my beekeeping.

[wpankey]

I really enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing.

[bradgoliphant]

Just a tip: Spraying your frames with sugar water is not really a great idea because bees hate wet areas to walk on. The best thing you could do it place one drop of lemongrass oil into the back of the hive and let it bee.

[corinnewoodley]

I have a brand new hive without any drawn honey or wax. Will the bees stay once i put them inside?

[hllcntryhrrcane]

What feeder is that? I have seen round ones but not rectangle ones like that.

[daningram]

Hi. Is the inner cover not supposed to be flipped? The vent hole on top.

[noahriding]

I'm a bit curious how long you've been able to get those cardboard style boxes to last?

I get that you wouldn't want to do them too long like that, but there's something fascinating about trying to save a buck.

I also wanted to ask if there's a heavy duty type spray bottle type similar to what you are using? Something that won't break fast? I know there's lots of them in the market but most break down pretty fast, and are sort of cheap plastic that won't endure well. So I've not been able to get them to last. Maybe someone knows which ones last better?

[corinnewoodley]

Where are you located? I’m in Hamilton Ontario

[strutt]

The color of the box is why 1 was more active.

[storedaway]

Cool video, trying to learn as much as I can, and find a mentor to help me with bees

[davehoward]

The brown box will have warmed up more than the white one....simples :D

[jamesnjuguna]

i am in kenya and here bees seem to be violent. i wonder why your bees dont sting

[jamesplants]

The less active nuc is White, reflecting heat. The brown nuc absorbs more heat. Enough evidently to make the bees in the brown nuc more active

[frederickboyd]

Way too much smoke and you're leaving the nuc open for robbers to infiltrate.🤔😒

[juanfangio]

Just when they wanted to stop smoking .

[vinnytheplayer]

I would use a plastic foundation frame because they are alot more stronger

[sandman]

The smoker was out! He was flogging a dead horse!

[scottherod]

That was agonizing to watch. You could have installed 10 nucs in that time, without smoke. My head is going to explode.

[nicomariussmit]

Why are you killing the bees by sqwashing them in the frames as you did not see that