I am using 3 frame deep nucs....
OK if I live in NC I probably would use 5 frame Medium nucs because of SHB. I know I would have to learn a lot about SHB their are only have a few SHB in this part of Massachusetts where I live. I would go to a Local Beekeeping Associations and have to ask lots of questions from people who have kept bees and the area for at leasts 5 to 7 years remember beekeeping is local what may work in one place will not work another place.
ALAMANCE CO BKPRS ASSOC
http://alamancebeekeepers.com/default.aspx BEEKEEPERS OF THE ALBEMARLE ASSOC
Jay Nicolay
Phone: 757-482-2018
Email: JNICOLAY@COX.NET
www.geocities.com/beekeepersofalbemarle BEEKEEPERS OF WILKES COUNTY
Laurie Robertson
Phone: 336-973-7951
Email: cudjoerob@wilkes.net
BUNCOMBE COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Amanda Stone
828-255-5522
Email: amanda_stone@ncsu.edu
www.wncbees.org CABARRUS COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Fay Griffin
Phone: 704-782-8162
Email: faysgriffin@aol.com
CALDWELL COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
David Barbour
Phone: 828-728-0968
Email: thebeeyard@charter.net
http://www.ncneighbors.com/main.wsi?group_id=3318 CHATHAM COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Jimmy Williams
919-362-1794
Email: jimwilliams2@yahoo.com
DAVIE COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Barron Church: Pres.
Email: BChurch249@aol.com
http://www.daviebeekeepers.org GASTON COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Mark Elders
Phone: 704-691-2709
Email: honeyhouse1950@yahoo.com
http://www.ncneighbors.com/main.wsi?group_id=3185 GUILFORD COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Honey Bee Harvest, Inc
Kurt & Natalie Bower
5430 Amick Rd
Julian, NC 28283
Phone: 336-697-2811
Email: honeybeeharvest@yahoo.com
www.guilfordbeekeepers.org JOHNSTON COUNTY CHAPTER OF NCSBA
Amie Newsome
919-989-5380
Email: amie_newsome@ncsu.edu
MACON COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Janet Hill
Phone: 828-369-9819
Email: janet28734@gmail.com
www.maconbeekeepers.com NORTH CAROLINA STATE BKPRS ASSOC
Charles Heatherly
919-859-6995
Email: heath7@bellsouth.net
http://www.ncbeekeepers.org ORANGE COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
www.theocba.org RANDOLPH COUNTY CHAPTER OF NCSBA
Jerry M. Isley
Phone: 336-472-6325
Email: jbisley@aol.com
RUTHERFORD COUNTY BKPRS ASSOC
Jeanne Price
182 Elizabeth Ave
Forest City, NC 28043
Phone: 828-247-1640
Email: jeanne_price@bellsouth.net
BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)