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*Pure Nordic bees can be very tame, but when cross-bred with other subspecies, they become aggressive and challenging to manage in later generations. | *Pure Nordic bees can be very tame, but when cross-bred with other subspecies, they become aggressive and challenging to manage in later generations. | ||
*Nordic bees are not good at defending against robbery, and Italian bees are particularly eager to rob other bee colonies when nectar flow is poor. The Nordic bees, on the other hand, are not so eager rob other colonies. | *Nordic bees are not good at defending against robbery, and Italian bees are particularly eager to rob other bee colonies when nectar flow is poor. The Nordic bees, on the other hand, are not so eager rob other colonies. | ||
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://youtu.be/a2Rb-Ve8h2U</embedvideo> | <embedvideo service="youtube">https://youtu.be/a2Rb-Ve8h2U</embedvideo> | ||
When opening the Nordic brown bee colony, you should have the same attitude as you do when visiting somebody’s home; don´t clank or kick, but work calmly, as if you were in a slow motion movie. | When opening the Nordic brown bee colony, you should have the same attitude as you do when visiting somebody’s home; don´t clank or kick, but work calmly, as if you were in a slow motion movie. | ||
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#Keep the first frame out of the hive and put it onto a special holder or onto the roof. By doing this, you will have some extra room for handling the other frames in the box. | #Keep the first frame out of the hive and put it onto a special holder or onto the roof. By doing this, you will have some extra room for handling the other frames in the box. | ||
#Inspect one frame and put it back before taking out the next one. | #Inspect one frame and put it back before taking out the next one. | ||
#Always keep the frame with the bees above the open hive. This way, | #Always keep the frame with the bees above the open hive. This way, the bees and queen will drop back into the hive if they are clustering in the frame's corner. | ||
# | #Don't shake the same bees away from the comb several times. | ||
#Take the inspected hive body out of the hive and put it onto the roof. The roof is usually upside down. Take care to not crush the bees under the box. | #Take the inspected hive body out of the hive and put it onto the roof. The roof is usually upside down. Take care to not crush the bees under the box. | ||
#Give the hive enough room during the active season. | #Give the hive enough room during the active season. | ||