# Feedback please after Nuc install **URL:** \ **Category:** Beekeeping - Basics\ **Tags:** brood-box-inspection\ **Created:** [June 25, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/feedback-please-after-nuc-install/26526 "2020-06-25T17:54:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![chau06](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/chau06/32/25515_2.png) [@chau06](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/chau06)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/feedback-please-after-nuc-install/26526/12 "2020-06-29T16:42:03Z")
(I’m embarrassed to say) I didn’t follow your advice last week, Dawn… I put foundationless frames with paint stirrer starter strips (all smeared with softened burr comb from my hive) in positions 2 and 9 in the bottom box and put those (partially drawn) frames with foundation in position 2 and 9 of the upper box, with wax-smeared foundationless frames with paint stirrer sticks for the other 8 frames. I realized after the fact, as I was second guessing my decision not to take your advice, that the general consensus seems to be that glue alone is insufficient for holding the starter strips on a honey-filled deep foundationless comb and I was reading the comb collapse thread - [https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/foundationless-frames-wax-collapse-yikes-should-i/26535](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/foundationless-frames-wax-collapse-yikes-should-i/26535) with horror… So, I decided I should go back in early and follow your advice and just take off the second box and the new frames. But when I had a chance to get back in there (3 days later) I found that the two new foundationless frames from the lower box were almost completely drawn and they had started on 6 of 8 the new upper frames and had finished drawing out the frames I moved up. All the new comb looked nice and straight, right off the edge of the starter strip. I had a dilemma… The bees were very calm and I didn’t want to disturb their new soft comb by manipulating the frame too much… I ran inside and I got a narrow crown pneumatic stapler and managed to pop four 5/8”staples across the top bars to secure the paint stirrers with bees still all over the frame I was afraid to shake the or brush them off the new comb. I figure 5/8” was long enough to cross the groove… Mostly the bees didn’t even look up - a couple flew off when the exhaust from the stapler blew them off the edge of the frame… Too busy building comb, I guess! Hopefully, all’s well that ends well. I didn’t have time to set up a camera nor did I have an assistant to take pictures - I’ll take some next time I look in a couple weeks to decide if I need to continue feeding. I’m planning to feed until all 20 frames are fully drawn, hopefully also with a significant amount of capped honey since I believe that a dearth is upon us and the late summer flow here isn’t very significant. Since last winter was extremely mild, I’m sure we’re going to get walloped this winter and I want them to be set up for a long cold stretch. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/feedback-please-after-nuc-install/26526)._