nuc

Etymology

Shortening.

noun

  1. (beekeeping) A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.
    I have to take brood from established hives to set up nucs, as I did the previous week[…] 1998, Sue Hubbell, A Book of Bees: And How to Keep Them, page 110

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