stacked nucs for makeing honey

[trimman]

how many nucs would you stack befor putting a super on top to see how much honey would be made just an experament thanks

[Michael Bush]

Don't use an excluder and just keep stacking them.  If they put brood in it, it's a brood box.  If they put honey in it, it's a super.

[trimman]

thank you micheal i appreciate your wisdom

[Old Blue]

Don't use an excluder and just keep stacking them.  If they put brood in it, it's a brood box.  If they put honey in it, it's a super.

Where the He11 were you when I was trying to figure all this stuff out!

Old Blue

[trimman]

did you get it all figured out?and how did you do

[OldMech]

A good strong hive will make more honey than two weaker hives, even if together they would have more bees than the strong hive.
   
   I use nuc's to make comb, bees, brood, and fill some extra frames with honey for feeding.  After about 6 boxes the 5 frame nucs start to get tall and susceptible to the strong winds here. I have had to use tie downs instead of bricks to keep them upright.

[johng]

I like to use stacked nuc boxes to make drawn deep frames. I normally will run an excluder above the second box, and it's not uncommon to get another two supers drawn out and capped on the Gallberry flow. They seem to build out two 5 frame deep boxes faster than they will a single deep. 

[GLOCK]

I have taken them as high as 4 for comb and brood.