Building A Bee Nuc Box

The following tables break down the five frame nuc hive into its individual components and provide instructions on how to cut and build those components.

Building a bee nuc box.

By howland blackiston. How to build a 5 frame nuc beehive by city boy hens posted in honey bees tagged backyard beekeeping bee hive hive splitting honey bee nuc box swarm 1 comment building a nuc box is really no different from building the boxes for a standard langstroth hive. Easy steps for building any beehive. The normal sized frames can be placed directly in a standard hive.

Nuc boxes are perfect for making early or late splits transferring colonies or increasing your apiaries size easily if you have a hive with 3 or 4 frames with capped or started queen cells you can potentially have 3 or 4 nucs with very little effort double nucs are an excellent method for northern beekeepers to minimize their dependence on package bees. Yes clean your bee boxes pressure wash or run a torch over everything to burn any mites or beetles or moths. But due to the use of fewer frames they are only about half the width. I would suggest getting a proper hive box from superior hives on facebook.

In this video i show you how to build a 5 frame nuc box using pocket holes. The hives grow by leaps and bounds this time of year too. By texas homesteader spring is an exciting time in beekeeping. How to build a quick 5 frame beehive nuc box.

The bees are finally able to get out of the hive forage from the blooming plants. Catching wild swarms of bees. Select a wooded area that is fairly accessible. Cut list for a five frame nuc hive.

Cut list for a five frame nuc hive. Put a piece of old comb in the box with a few frames and hang it about 10 feet off the ground. The video includes all of the required measurements you will need to build a nuc. It s a good time to split the hives to keep them from becoming too crowded.

The bee nuc box. They are traditionally the same height as a standard langstroth deep box. If you are looking to expand your number of bee hives by attracting wild bees a nuc box is one of the best tools you can use. The number of frames 3 or 5 also determines the size of the box.