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How to Install a Nuc, Step by Step

Move the frames across in the same order and orientation they came in, fill the remaining space with your own frames, close up, and feed. Installing a nuc is a...

How to Install a Package of Bees, Step by Step

Spray the bees lightly with syrup, remove the feed can, hang the queen cage between two frames, shake or pour the bees in, close up, and feed immediately. The whole...

How Do I Transport Bees Safely From Pickup to M...

Keep them cool, keep air moving, and keep them secured. Heat is the danger, not cold. A cluster of bees generates significant heat on its own, and in a sealed...

What Happens on Pickup Day, and How to Prepare

You arrive at your scheduled stop before your window opens, we hand you your bees, you confirm any balance, and you drive home. The whole transaction takes a couple of...

What Is a Minnesota Overwintered Nuc, and Is It...

An overwintered nuc is a nucleus colony built from stock that has already survived a full northern winter, rather than one produced in a warm climate and trucked north in...

Assembling and Painting Hive Equipment Before S...

Assemble boxes with glue and nails, paint only the exterior, and give paint at least a week to cure and off-gas before bees go in. March is the right month...