fishin coyote
5 year old buck +
TT,
I’ll give you my thoughts on what I’d do but I’m sure someone else would do it differently.
1- ditch the patty and feed syrup. I’ve only ever used patties as late winter/early spring supplements
2- Tough to say as it depends on your local nectar sources and are your frames drawn out with comb, here the spring season is winding down and I’d feed as much as they would take to build up to 2 full deeps of bees.
3- Nucs are typically 5 deep frames so I’d start with 1 box and check them every week and not add any more boxes until they had 8 of 10 frames covered in bees.
I don’t like to give them anymore space than they need as it’s harder for them to defend against pests aka moths, beetles and ants.
I’ll give you my thoughts on what I’d do but I’m sure someone else would do it differently.
1- ditch the patty and feed syrup. I’ve only ever used patties as late winter/early spring supplements
2- Tough to say as it depends on your local nectar sources and are your frames drawn out with comb, here the spring season is winding down and I’d feed as much as they would take to build up to 2 full deeps of bees.
3- Nucs are typically 5 deep frames so I’d start with 1 box and check them every week and not add any more boxes until they had 8 of 10 frames covered in bees.
I don’t like to give them anymore space than they need as it’s harder for them to defend against pests aka moths, beetles and ants.