I found my new nuc was slimed by sbh couple of weeks ago. When I opened it, I saw many sbh larva. No broods nor eggs. I moved the queen and all the bees to a new box with new frames. Now the queen starts laying eggs and the workers are bringing in new honey and pollen. The question is that if it is wise to take a brood frame from a strong hive to promote the population of this nuc during this time of the year. I live in NW Florida. And I have some more months of warm weather. Thanks for your suggestions in advance.
Sounds like your're on top of it, I leave the timing comments to others more
local, myself being way across oceans.
I post to intoduce one aspect of the work you have done which really niggles
at my core experience as "bad practice".
Specifically, " new frames".
Time and time again I have read/seen in past weeks - I am new to bee forums - folks
dumping bees and covered drawn comb into boxes... and THEN filling whatever space
with "new frames"..!...where has this come from!? A certain road to potential disaster, it
beats me how blockers have not been deployed in these case where "new frames" are
added to fill a space..what da!!!
More so when I read the base reason for the new work is beetles!
Cheers.
Bill