Gonna try again!

[gardeningfireman]

My nuc finally has a laying queen! Now I can cut the combs to fit my TBH cutout frames and put them into their new home. To prevent this one from absconding, I plan on putting the queen into a queen catcher (hairclip style) for a couple days, and putting a feeder jar of syrup in the TBH on the other side of the follower board (I drilled a couple of holes near the bottom for access). Think this will work?
Thanks,
Alan

[Michael Bush]

After all this time and work, maybe you should let them get settled in first?  Kind of traumatic to do a cutout and without brood them are much more likely to abscond than if you let them get some brood going first.

[AllenF]

It is getting a little late in the year, ain't it?  They are going to work real at it to build enough comb before winter.

[gardeningfireman]

Change of plans! I'm going to put the nuc into a standard hive. That way I don't need to cut the comb and stress them out. I am going to check on a possible honeybee hive behind the sidewall of a swimming pool today. If they are honeys, I will put them into the TBH. Of course, both will get fed to help build up stores for winter.

[Michael Bush]

Sounds like a good plan for this time of year.