TonyPayne
New Bee
I use 14 x 12 National hives, just because it seemed easier when I was looking to start beekeeping. I currently have one of my hives with a single super and a queen excluder on it. Do the bees ever out grow the 14 x 12 and need extra brood space (like I imagine they might in a standard National) or is it sufficient to just keep adding supers above the queen excluder.
The reason for asking is that the bees living there are from a swarm this year and seem to be doing okay, except they are congregating in a bundle of about 1000 (guessing) individuals, hanging from the mesh floor. I assume they are just keeping out of the hive to keep it cool? I'm going to look inside tomorrow, but they didn't seem to be out of space last weekend.
Thanks
The reason for asking is that the bees living there are from a swarm this year and seem to be doing okay, except they are congregating in a bundle of about 1000 (guessing) individuals, hanging from the mesh floor. I assume they are just keeping out of the hive to keep it cool? I'm going to look inside tomorrow, but they didn't seem to be out of space last weekend.
Thanks