How to Make Summer Nucs – Hands-on Workshop

1pm –4pm
Location: Cumberland County Beekeepers Club Hives
Windham ME

Presenter: Master Beekeeper Erin MacGregor-Forbes

How to Make Summer Nucs - Hands-on Workshop

This will be a hands-on workshop utilizing the Cumberland County Beekeepers Association’s club hives to make 4 summer nucs for the purpose of wintering over for following year use. (Two nucs per each full sized colony.)

Northern raised queens from Michael Palmer of French Hill Apiaries will be utilized to head the newly made colonies.

Participants will learn the fundamentals of making their own summer nucs as well as receive instruction on preparing the new colonies for wintering.

Divided nuc box and homasote inner covers

Each registered Participant will leave the workshop with two queens and one divided hive body so they can make up their own nucs in their home apiary. This requires at least one strong healthy queenright colony in the beekeeper’s own yard.

This workshop is not designed for first year beekeepers. 2+ years of beekeeping experience is recommended. (Divided nuc box and homasote inner covers only will be provided. Beekeeper will also need a bottom board (preferably solid) and a telescoping cover.)

The purpose of this workshop is to begin educating our membership in methods of sustainable apiary management, as facilitated by wintering nucleus colonies.

The workshop price includes two queens and one divided hive body to contain the nucs.

Participation is limited to 20 people.

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Erin MacGregor-Forbes, Master Beekeeper

Erin MacGregor-Forbes is an EAS Certified Master Beekeeper and Past President of The Maine Beekeepers Association. She is proprietor of Overland Apiaries, a small, sustainable, non-migratory beekeeping operation in Maine that is dedicated to raising bees in a natural and healthy way.