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New NUC Box

Posted on by Gary Fawcett
New NUC Box Yesterday we finished building out new NUC box; we also bought a new bench saw which helped a lot getting the cheap wood to be square. Finding Tin for the roof was hard work, so I decided to use a piece of plastic sheeting to hopefully make the box waterproof. Top View Roof Detail I have painted the box on the outside white; it should be protected from the elements. We may need this when we next open up Goldie as I suspect swarm cells are being worked on, as was the case on the Honey 1 inspection.
Gary Fawcett

Gary is the web designer and chief Propeller-head at kiwimana. He enjoys designing products which solve problems and is passionate about saving the Bees and encouraging urban beekeeping. Gary loves to write about issues that affect the Bees and our environment. He is one of the hosts of the kiwimana buzz Beekeeping podcast.

2 thoughts on “New NUC Box”

  1. Matt says:

    Hi guys just been looking through your site for the first time… Apparently used printers plates are ideal for hive roofs… Think they are aluminium?
    I too started beekeeping last October, in Massey so not far from you! Im not a chippie so bought my hiveware from ceracell and ecroyd… Got a new queen coming tomorrow from queenbees.co.nz so excited about that. Drop us an email if you like =)

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    • kiwimana says:

      Hi Matt,

      Great to hear from you, the printer plates sound like a good idea. I will have to ask around about them.

      Thanks for the link to Queen Bee’s as well.

      See ya…Gary

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