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pdmattox:
What would be the fastest way or best method to get up to 50 hives from 10 1.5 story ten frame hives?

Brian D. Bray:
Create 30 nucs in the spring.  Which would require 20 new queens.  In August do another split with from the strongest 20 colonies.  This is assuming you are not buying any packages or picking up any swarms.

Finsky:

I would first raise a big hive and then I would split nucs from it .

If you have small nucs they build up much more slower than a big one.

In spring you get queen from south and they are not good perhaps on area were you live.

Second: I woud raise my own queen because 30 queens are a lot. You may start your nucs from maiting nucs.

If you bye 30 queen, where you get nuc bees in spring? That is hardest point.

Jorn Johanesson:
This assumes that you can get queens early in spring. If this is possible you can split strong hives (for ease 9 frames with bees)into three  splits. one with original queen and two with new queens. You will of course  loose the first honeyflow, but everything have its price. Splits will grow strong if nursed, and be able to produce a honey harvest but seldom in record size. If you can get 50 hives this way I doubt, but you can fill up with bought in nucks.

Finsky:

--- Quote from: Jorn Johanesson on December 29, 2006, 02:49:27 am ---This assumes that you can get queens early in spring. If this is possible you can split strong hives (for ease 9 frames with bees)into three  splits.
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Let's look closer. Spring? How early?

When you have one box full of bees it is to me minimum in summer which is able to developewith it's own.  To me one box hive full of bees is in spring a unit which take care itself.  After spliting it takes 2-3 months before 3 frame nuc has one box full of brood. At same time one box hive have developed to 5 box unit.  It depends what is the queen.

Next: You need 10 hives to get 30 nucs?

If I have 10 hives I first harvest the year's yield and then in late summer I may split hive into one box unit and queens there. I get whole box 5 nucs from one hive.

I think that worst you can do is split hive in spring.  In Summer it is very different.

And then, suddenly you have 30 hives? What are you going to do with them? Have you skill to manage them?


--- Quote ---but everything have its price.

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People say that that but always you may get both honey and nucs, but the start must be big enough.  With 8 pound package bees you get both honey and splits in late summer. But who believes that?

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