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Tom

The White nuc that only had 2 frames of bees, brood, and food is consuming food faster than the Green nuc so I upped the size of the feeder. I've been feeding 1:1 syrup of sugar and switched to goldenrod honey today. Small jar had 250g sugar/honey. Big jar is 660g honey.

When I first set the feeder this morning I thought it was leaking because it was bubbling so fast. Checked and it had a ball of bees on it.

A photo showing a small jar used as a feeder for honey bees. The photo has the time taken added and it says 10:38. It is on a 5 frame nucleus hive. There is a 3d printed fixture to hold the 3d printed jar lid that has a screen in it. The jar has 250 grams of honey mixed with 250 grams of water. The honey is from goldenrod flowers and was solid and white. It was harvested from the hives in October 2024.
A photo of the same feeder jar but it is empty. The time shown is 15:45, which is about 5 hours since it was full.
A photo showing a larger feeder jar set on the fixture. The time shows 16:38. The feeder contains 660 grams of honey and 660 grams of water. There is about an inch or 25mm space in the top of the jar.
A photo showing the whole nuc hive from behind and above. There is an empty metal dry milk can inverted on top of the feeder jar and fixture to block the direct sunlight. A special cover was made for feeding so the nice one didn't have to get a hole cut in it which would need to be winterized if something is overwintering in the nuc.
#beekeeping#apiary#NucHive
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Tom

I made a deep Langstoth box, then I cut it in half and made two 5-frame nuc hives. 100% recycled wood except the frames shown. Painted with boiled linseed oil, the 'white' is zinc oxide mixed in, and the green is green iron oxide and zinc oxide mix. Migratory type covers, no inner. Cleat handles after it was painted so a dado could be cut so they could be glued. Glued and screwed throughout with some dowels to align the panel pieces. More in ALT.

The mostly finished nuc hives. Bottom board with raised edges because the boxes were too short to leave enough space without so built like some commercial bottom boards with a 3/4 inch space. Entrance reducer with 5 inch and 1 inch openings about 3/8 inch high. Bottom board and top cover painted on inside. Inside of the boxes are not painted. The zinc oxide in the paint helps prevent mold. Plus it's a bit of UV protection. The handles need to be painted. The tops need a hole cut for feeding and plug made for the hole. The handles are glued in a shallow dado and screwed from both sides. One bottom board is pine, the other is plywood. The covers are plywood. All joints glued and screwed.
The nuc hives before sanded and painted. A shim was added to the top of the box edges to create more bee space above the frames. Most of the boxes was made from wood from a top bar hive.
#beekeeping#beehives#NucHive
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