Nucs for the 2013 season

And so production begins for the 2013 season.

I have cut the timber for the first batch of nucleus hives into flat pack ready for glueing and pining.  I usually build nucs and hives in batches of four, it is a monotonous job, I find four is enough to keep me interested, any more and it becomes a bit of a chore.

Once the nucs are glued and pined all that remains to be done is to tar the roofs and melt the felt into it for a weather-tight lid, and paint with five coats of exterior wood preservative, and of course the endless job of building frames.

This first batch of nucs, each with a colony installed, are for orders already taken.  Even now it looks as if 2013 will be sold out very early.