Replies much appreciated. The hive is a National by the way.
My plan is:
1. Remove BB.
2. Shake all bees into 2 supers having arranged these such that brood is in the centre and at the top with any honey to the sides and below.
3. Place queen excluder then add a super on top with drawn frames...
Hello, I gained a swarm by accident about 2 months ago. They crawled into some stacked hive parts and rather than disturb them I simply transferred the parts onto a floor. The stack comprised 1 x BB at the bottom and 3 x super above.
Looking back I could have avoided the current situation by...