Hi Paul, glad to hear you will be looking to purchase some of our Nucs. We considered this in the design stage but we feel 3 frame Nucs are far less viable than one 6 frame Nuc to Overwinter. The silicone plugs are also a costly component which would also increase the overall retail price in a highly competitive market.

It's entirely up to you, we haven't painted any of the ones we use. If you do opt to paint you can use exterior grade gloss or masonry paint but make sure it's either textured or add sand so the bees can grip to the sides.

Thank you

Unlikely, just robbing bees. Swarms prefer old used wax or use lemongrass oil.

Old video, this has since been reproduced.

Unfortunately KZbin doesn't allow a longer title. In this video we are removing the Varroa treatment strips and checking winter stores / cluster size.

No these are standard national

Good morning, this will shortly be available as an upgrade pack - www.bshoneybees.co.uk/polyupgradepack

I live in the middle of a city - you'de possibly be surprised at just how many green spaces there are - plus a variety of food sources, instead of miles of Rape

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@@BSHoneyBees can I buy one?

Some people feel it helps with acceptance to only have the queen in the cage. Also the candy tube can become blocked by dead attendants in the cage and interfere with releasing the queen.

TopFlightEnglish I don’t actually know if you’re trying to troll them or if you’re being serious. He speaks perfectly clearly in the video - at most you could say he has an accent and doesn’t speak ‘the queens English’ but he is perfectly audible and understandable. These are great little nucs - I purchased a couple of them (on top of the 2 standard nucs I already had and 5 hives) and I have to say they are vastly superior to standard nucs. Let me know if you end up taking up beekeeping and want any tips (always happy to help).

David Chambers Hi David, as we use a different frame size in the UK they aren't available in the US.

irishmik Hello, yes we are aiming for official launch March 3rd ready for Bee Tradex. Daniel

BS Honey Bees great. Are you at the spring convention in April?

irishmik Yes we are at Harper Adams :).

Cheers ordered one from you the day got my bees Scotland for £150 package in a 6 frame Nuc .

Martyn Belcher Hi Martyn, thanks for the kind feedback. We do recommend petroleum jelly to avoid this. Daniel

John Owen Hi John, thanks for your feedback. Our current suggestion is to use a manipulation cloth. On the initial design stage we did discuss and attempt to work a perspex crown board into the design but as an "out of the box" feature it would interfere too much with the workings of the top feeder / fondant plug. It would also increase the unit cost thus pricing us out of an already competitive market. We are looking to offer this as an additional extra and have allowed space for a 2mm perspex crown board but we need to consider what route to take as a full sheet will not allow the top feeder to work and collide with the centre divide. 2 smaller sheets cut short will allow for the divide and a gap to the side to allow usage of the top feeder but then will pose an issue with the usage of the fondant plug. Before proceeding to get a bulk quantity of these cut to size we need to see the demands of the market before pursuing. I hope you can understand. Daniel