We strive to get bees to you in the best shape possible. Please adjust your schedule to receive these live insects. The more time they spend in a box the more they are stressed.
Tips on how to receive your Nuc at our pick up location, and how to transport it back to your Apiary:
1 - Keep your bee Nuc in an upright position at all times.
2 - Keep your Nuc in a cool, and well ventilated space at all times. Keep your windows cracked open, or air conditioner on.
1 - Keep your bee Nuc in an upright position at all times.
2 - Keep your Nuc in a cool, and well ventilated space at all times. Keep your windows cracked open, or air conditioner on.
Also, be ready to feed pollen substitute and lots of 1-1 Syrup. If you don’t you will kill your NUC.
Also, please keep the box for next year. Bring it with you when you pick up your bees the next year, we can re-use them.
Also, please keep the box for next year. Bring it with you when you pick up your bees the next year, we can re-use them.
What is a Nuc?
A nuc (or nucleus) from us comes with 5 deep frames. At least 3 or 4 frames contain bee brood and eggs, in all stages of development, plus honey and pollen to feed the colony while in transit.
Our nucs include a young queen, that has gone thru two brood cycles with expert assessment and grading of her brood pattern before choosing her for sale. The nuc has workers and drones born from the queen mother in your colony. The workers and drones are already familiar with her, so there is no acclimation necessary for acceptance of the queen. Because your nuc is a mini-hive (a small version of a fully established hive), the queen will still continue laying eggs while the nuc is in transit.
The workers in your nuc are in all stages of development, from nurse bees, guard bees, foragers and everything in between. A nuc colony can start foraging almost immediately, after transferring them to a regular size brood box in your apiary.
Our nucs include a young queen, that has gone thru two brood cycles with expert assessment and grading of her brood pattern before choosing her for sale. The nuc has workers and drones born from the queen mother in your colony. The workers and drones are already familiar with her, so there is no acclimation necessary for acceptance of the queen. Because your nuc is a mini-hive (a small version of a fully established hive), the queen will still continue laying eggs while the nuc is in transit.
The workers in your nuc are in all stages of development, from nurse bees, guard bees, foragers and everything in between. A nuc colony can start foraging almost immediately, after transferring them to a regular size brood box in your apiary.