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Making the most of the School Holidays
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, 04-04-2011 at 09:03 PM (25961 Views)
Well, the schools are off for 2 weeks & I have the pleasure of taking the first week off work. I would love to go to the bees but my youngest is a bit too young to go along too, however in the true spirit of school holidays, it rained heavily from 9am-4pm with very strong winds so gardening & trips to the park were out of the question as well. The children decided to watch a movie after lunch which left me trying to find a way out from doing some house work
I remembered a talk Charlie Irwen gave to the Caba group in February which included a description of splitting a brood box to create 2-3 nucs. Looking at the nuc I'm part way through making, I decided it was a bit of a disaster and that it may be worth attempting to split one of my new 2nd hand brood chambers. I have to say I'm really pleased with the result so far especially as I'm no woodwork guru. All that is left to do is to create 2 half- ventilation boards in case it needs to be transported, cut out a hole in the floor under each space for a mesh floor (aide with ventilation during transport) and last but not least is to saw open the door ways on either side. Before I can do that I need to find the 3mm drill bit I bought the other day to drill holes in my super sidebars.
Here's hoping for another rainy day. (no pictures of the previously attempted nuc- it's too embarrasing )