Double super to single double brood box

[Etton]

Not sure how I managed it (don’t ask!) I have one strong hive on two supers (no QE). I want to get them into one national BB. My current thinking is on first inspection move all brood frames to one super and with stores on the outside, QE on top then new BB of drawn comb ,with queen (if I can find her) and maybe a frame of brood which can be used as a varroa trap if they build drone comb below. It should work but are there any other ways I could do this? After 21 days removed bottom super.

 

[Etton]

Title should read...
Double super to single brood box

 

[Boston Bees]

To avoid cooling the brood nest unnecessarily I would put the brood box of drawn comb underneath at the first inspection. Then once the queen starts laying in the bottom box you can put a QEx in and over the following month the super will become stores-only. The fact that you have drawn comb for the brood box will help a lot.

 

[Murox]

To avoid cooling the brood nest unnecessarily I would put the brood box of drawn comb underneath at the first inspection. Then once the queen starts laying in the bottom box you can put a QEx in and over the following month the super will become stores-only. The fact that you have drawn comb for the brood box will help a lot.

K.I.S.S.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Is the setup at the moment brood box with two supers on top, or have you just got the colony contained in two shallows? if the current setup is brood box with two supers on top, why all the faffing around? once spring kicks in and the bees start finding a good nectar source the top shallow will quickly fill with stores and the brood nest will move down, at that point I would just make sure the queen is down in the brood box then put in the QXand the two shallows above.
Simples
Edit: cross posted - as BB says

 

[CaptainCymru]

To avoid cooling the brood nest unnecessarily I would put the brood box of drawn comb underneath at the first inspection. Then once the queen starts laying in the bottom box you can put a QEx in and over the following month the super will become stores-only. The fact that you have drawn comb for the brood box will help a lot.

Possibly drill a small hole in the super afterwards to let drones out, if there are any....

 

[Etton]

Is the setup at the moment brood box with two supers on top, or have you just got the colony contained in two shallows?
Yes... current set up is two shallows only.
Thanks Boston Bees I’ll follow your suggestion, not mine ... ie To avoid cooling the brood nest unnecessarily I would put the brood box of drawn comb underneath at the first inspection

 

[Erichalfbee]

Possibly drill a small hole in the super afterwards to let drones out, if there are any....

Easier to use a QX with a bit cut out of the rim like you do for a Bailey change

 

[Hebeegeebee]

It could take a while for the bees to work down to a brood box underneath the two supers. I would be inclined to do exactly as Etton has suggested. With a brood frame and the queen upstairs, the bees will prepare a brood-nest for the queen to lay in so after a week you should see eggs in the top brood box. (By all means give a litre or two of syrup to help them on their way. Transfer to the brood box will not start rapidly however as the brood emerges from down below, the pace of brood-rearing upstairs will increase. Bees will also use stores in the supers which are underneath the brood. At this time of year there will be no need to worry about drones. Leaving it until the brood box under two supers has brood in it and there will be a need to worry about drones.