Anyone have experience of this type of mini and in particular over wintering them?
PH
Anyone have experience of this type of mini and in particular over wintering them?
PH
Yes, both.
Overwintered with upper chamber on, so a nominal 6 frames on each level. Fondant block above. Also used a frame feeder to contain fondant, rather than the wasteful poly container that's supplied with them. Only used them for a couple of winters with perhaps 50% success rate, or less.
A mating nucs, they're fine.
Yes, as fatshark, fine as mating nucs but diminished returns trying to overwinter them even when doubled up and combined.
Yes used with success. Trying to overwinter queen in extended one with poly cover...(full of bees , very active)
Hmm mine don't have an upper chamber so I wonder if we are talking about the same item. Takes 6 frames with the feed compartment not in use. I'll see about a photo if I can later.
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Last edited by Poly Hive; 02-10-2017 at 11:01 AM.
Hmmm ... looks like an older model perhaps.
This is the one I have:
https://www.modernbeekeeping.co.uk/c...nt=39863616974
And here is the upper chamber
https://www.modernbeekeeping.co.uk/c...nt=39863621454
One of the problems with mini-nucs is the absconding on a warm day. There must be a size of hive where the absconding stops. I have some mini-nucs which contain 5 of these frames and I had abscondings from these, so the size is still too small. Smallframenucframea.jpg
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