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frames from the centre of box and then very carefully (so as not to drop the queen)
replace these frames with the frames from the nucleus. It is easy to see a queen in
a nuc because there are not many bees, and nucs are very gentle by nature. Ensure
that as, you move the frames over, the queen is on one of them.
With a bar of wood, close up the entrance so that only one bee can get in and out
at a time. (Entrance reducers can be purchased but it is easy to use a small bar of
wood.)
Remove one more frame from the edge of the box and replace it with a frame
feeder.
Fill the feeder about three quarters full with 1:1 sugar syrup.
Close the hive and leave for a week before inspecting it to ensure that the queen is
alive and laying.
Ensure that the hive is tilted slightly forward so that rainwater cannot enter it and
accumulate.
If you have purchased a package of bees, then follow this procedure:
When the packages arrives, place it in a cool, dark room. The ideal temperature is
about 18-20° C (65-70° F).
Give the bees some sugar syrup by brushing or sprinkling sugar syrup (1:1 ratio of
sugar to water) over the screen surface.
Install the bees in the late afternoon so that they will settle down and not drift.
Other bees will be less inclined to rob the small colony at this hour.
Reduce the hive entrance with an entrance reducer or a small bar of wood, as
described above.
Lightly bang the cage's floor so that the clustered bees fall onto it.
Remove the cage's wooden cover.
The feeder can will be exposed. Remove this.
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