Have to move hive

[Liam C Ryan]

Hi All, Long story but l have to move a hive that just swarmed because l have to do some emergency work on my sewerage system . The hive is very strong , 8 frames of sealed brood with capped stores in a super. It swarmed on Friday , all my fault, and I hived the swarm. I,m moving both hive and swarm to a site l will not be able to visit to often , hopefully every four weeks, so my intention is to combine both into double brood with a super on top , the idea is to give plenty room for the brood to grow with room for stores above, would this be a good idea.
Regards
Liam C.

 

[richardbees]

probably but you'll have to get rid of one of the Qs ----and three supers might not be too optimistic.

 

[Moggs]

Four week interval between inspections throughout the warmer months doesn't give much opportunity for proactive beekeeping. But bees will be bees.