Nuc Box, Bait Hive, Swarm Trap

Note: We don't keep this product in stock, but we can make it to fit your hive when you're ordering one of our hives. Contact us and we can put together a custom invoice that includes all of the items you'd like and combines shipping if possible.  Many beekeepers find the need to make a split, bait a box to catch one of their own swarms, and have small equipment available for transporting and temporarily housing bees. We have settled on a 10-bar box to be our standard nuc box size. These nuc boxes and swarm traps/bait hives are constructed to be interchangeable with our top bar hives. This allows you to allow the bees to build comb and establish themselves in these smaller spaces, then transfer the bees and top bars with comb to your hive or a Langstroth hive. With swarm traps, this means there is no rush to get the bees to your apiary. In fact, when you catch a swarm, you may decide to let them build comb on the top bars and establish the colony before transferring them to a larger hi