Beekeeping: Installing the Nucleus Hive
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Channel: Daddykirbs Farm · 2013 · People & Blogs
This video is a little out of order. I thought I had already uploaded it. Oops! Ok, so this is me installing the nucleus hive with some commentary by my son the camera man. The Nucleus is the "Starter Hive" that comes in a temporary plastic hive. The nucleus has 5 frames and an active colony including a queen that is already producing. The nucleus already has small amounts of honey in it that the bees use to sustain their activities in this temporary hive. You may notice that I DROPPED the nucleus while bees are still in it! Wow, I figured that this would really make them mad... but it didn't bother them as much as I thought it would.
