Pro Nuc Split

[@DooleyBFR]

Awesome Brother! God Bless you and your bees! No grudges Rite? Once Bob and Lee said they were gonna use squill like a piggy for my intro! I still love and suppoort you as I always have! God Bless you Brad and your Bees Brother!!!

[@SilverGorilla1776]

I think that queens a keeper for sure. Young queens don’t mess around. Look into cell, no egg, I’ll fix that. Lol. Nice increase. Love the three frame nuc box. Great job and video. 👍

[@WalkerBeeRanch]

looking good

[@KodiakFarmBeesLee]

That queen got a nice laying pattern. Looking good Brad

[@WardensFarmNC]

Looked like you had either a queen cup or swarm cell building on the center of the frame you put into your three frame. Great job that queen is doing. Keep up the good work!

[@KajunHomestead]

yea I checked it , it was a dry queen cup thanks for watching

[@eddybarker5072]

You made that split look so easy and have an awesome Queen. Btw, how did you use a feeder on top of the Pro Nuc? Did you bust out the ventilation screen on the lid? TY!

[@KajunHomestead]

thank you so much , the key that helps me out making a split on a small hive is to move the queen and leave the workers to the new hive, and yes I cut out the inner hole vents to the feeder holes so the bees can come up and feed on bottom of the jar. I only punch 2 holes in center of jar lid to line up with center of feeder hole in pronuc. also I only cut out the larger of the two feeder holes.

[@alexandriahoneyco]

Nice brood pattern there. Don’t want to lose her! They were definitely full up!

[@KajunHomestead]

think I'm gonna graph from this queen

[@lagrangebees]

Holy smokes, that nuc needs to be set in a box or it'll hit the trees :D A suggestion, when making a split, its usually best to send the queen to the new box, that way she "thinks" she swarmed. This has a greater chance of reducing the swarming impulse.

[@DRIECUTHoney]

I got a few pro nucs last year. I like them okay, but still prefer wood. I think just mostly my subjective preference. They are a useful tool.

[@KajunHomestead]

I need to take the time and make me some wood nucs , I'm like you I rather the wood, its a lot cooler.

[@DRIECUTHoney]

@@KajunHomestead I made 10 little nucs out of scrap this season. Not sure what I would have done without them.

[@timlewis9873]

Good vid.

[@WalkerBeeRanch]

thats a slab o brood

[@theboonecountybeekeeper]

She’s a layer for sure, nice!

[@KajunHomestead]

Thanks

[@vlunceford]

Why not add a food frame to the 3-frame instead of a frame they have to draw out?

[@KajunHomestead]

I’m always trying to let the bees draw comb when there is a flow going on, trying to build up my supply of drawn comb.

[@JamesLeesBees]

Kajun...how long do you leave nucs in the pro nucs in spring/summer? I was considering using some for mating queen?

[@KajunHomestead]

I use them most of the summer just put them in afternoon shade.

[@thebeeman9209]

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