Adapting my plans - Using Nucs as BROOD FACTORIES for splits

Adapting my plans - Using Nucs as BROOD FACTORIES for splits #beekeeping101 #irishbeekeeper #beekeeping #beekeeperlife
Some footage taken over the last fortnight put together to discuss the progress with the Nucs and my decision to use some of them as brood factories to provide me with brood (and bees) to make early splits as the production colonies just haven't yet built up in population.
I'm a part time Beekeeper from Ireland, mainly involved in honey production. I also do Queen rearing on a self sustaining level. Currently we maintain around 50 colonies at various apiary sites, but we do have plans for expansion.
I decided for 2024 that I'd start this channel, covering the trials and tribulations of beekeeping and being a beekeeper in Ireland. I hope to give beekeeping tips along the way from my own experiences and I will also have discussions and reviews on some of the equipment I use.
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Let me know through the comments if there is anything in particular you would like covered through my videos. I don't intend to do 'how to' or instructional type videos nor will my beekeeping practices always follow a textbook approach, but rather I hope to show how I do things; which may not always be considered the best way, but which I find works for me - most of the time! It's real life, week to week beekeeping, the good, the bad and the ugly!

[@KajunHomestead]

Looking Great

[@eugeneryan8044]

As well as the content, I love the music, keep up the good work.

[@diaryofanirishbeekeeper]

Very much appreciate the comment 👍

[@user-tj4dh1xc4u]

Great work, well played. Where do you buy the foil your using up top?

[@diaryofanirishbeekeeper]

I buy rolls of it and I cut to size....most hardware stores usually have it, although the quality of the foil can vary. The German retailers get it in from time to time and the quality is usually very good.

[@mathewmurphy2790]

Whats your opinon on 3 frame nucs..

[@diaryofanirishbeekeeper]

I haven't tried the three frame nucs out but I hear that they work great for getting Queens mated. But I would think that a 3 frame nuc is not really of benefit, over 5 and 6 frame versions, if you are looking to get a production colony out of it. Overwintering success as a 3 frame nuc also might not be great. I generally make my splits 2 or 3 frame....with the remaining frames made up of foundation or drawn comb, if I have it. This gives the colony room to grow and then when they fill that you have a well established colony, usually with 3 to 4 full frames of brood, to transfer in to a full size box, which you are not going to have with a 3 frame nuc.

[@peterg2569]

Can i ask what part of the country are you from?

[@diaryofanirishbeekeeper]

Mullingar

[@peterg2569]

@@diaryofanirishbeekeeper that you from sligo

[@michaelwoodhouse8911]

copying michael palmer who is the brood factory wizard