Well that was fun!
We doubled up supers and put in 4 broad frames then shook the swarm into the temp hive. Closed the lid until tomorrow when we will transport into nuc. We are going to try and start two hives now if we can but if one fails we will then merge them - tomorrow will tel!
I would also hive them do you not have a spare bb ? or another super so you can double up on the supers and use brood frames instead of super frames
Also depending on the size of the swarm the nuc box you have bought might not be large enough to house the swarm in
Plus once they have drawn the...
Hi, I am a new bee keeping this year and my queen (which is clipped) has swarmed but because she can't fly has landed on the floor and climbed up my hive stand and has set up camp under my hive with about half my bees!
I have ordered a NUC boc to put the swarm in but will not get to me until...