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Considering Packages or Nucs for the Spring (051)
Will it be packages of nucs next spring?
It's only December, how do I know what I'll want, and, if any, how many I'll want? Getting nucs or packages in the spring has changed a lot in the last several years. The quality of queens has changed. Everybody has varroa, well almost everybody, so how and when do I treat these new entries into my apiary?
How many of what I have now will still be here next spring? What if they all are? Or what if none are? And where can I get packages now? The post office used to deliver. That's gone. Used to be a bee supply outfit up the road, but they don't do nucs…
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