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Thread: Mini nuc survival rate 2014-2015

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    I saw a bee with pollen, Jon - at .07. I was excited to have seen one here today as well. I think it must have foraged on snowdrops.
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    I discovered that 2 of the 12 were queenless so down to 10 now.
    I haven't checked them all yet but most seem to have a good amount of bees in them.
    I pulled a frame from one of the stronger ones earlier today and saw the queen on a frame of freshly laid eggs which was an encouraging sight.

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    I'm down to 13 out of 23 of my mini pluses still going as I've used a couple of the queens elsewhere and united the mini pluses they came from.
    I presume this is my final tally as they all seem to be building up nicely now, I'm counting it as 15 out of 23 ( ~65%) as the ones I used the queens from were good.

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    Lost a couple to dwindle late on and another queen was missing so I still have 7.

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    Not lost any mini nucs this winter, only one a bit weak, but okay, just in from topping up their jars.

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