Overcrowded nuc wants to swarm, clipped queen in grass - advice pls

[dc197]

Hi all
On Tuesday I split my busiest colony, using a 5-frame nuc for the fliers on the old site and moving the old hive to the side.
I underestimated how many fliers there were and the nuc is bursting at the seams, in the evening you can see bees almost falling out of the entrance.
Today I went to feed and by a stroke of luck I saw the clipped queen on the grass in front of the nuc. I put her back in.
I guess that the fliers want to move to a bigger house due to the overcrowding - would you concur?
I do not have another brood box and floor but I do have some supers that I could use temporarily as a bigger hive. Would you recommend this, or something else, please?
Thanks

 

[wightbees]

supers will do ,i would use 2 ,to be safe.Use anything you
can find that will act as a roof and a floor until you get it
sorted properly.Just make sure you prop up the bottom for a entrance of some type.

 

[Swarm]

Why did you split them? Were there queen cells? Without a spare broodbox you are making trouble for yourself, a nuc isn't big enough for an operation like this.

 

[dc197]

Swarm, I split them because they were desperate to reproduce. I'd removed queen cells two weeks prior and now it was time to artificially swarm. Lesson learned about size.

 

[ashleybee]

Where in bucks are you if not too far you can grab a spare brood box from me if it gets you out of trouble

 

[Swarm]

It lifts my heart to hear things like that, what a wonderful gesture.

 

[oliver90owner]

Swap the hives round.

 

[Finman]

.
5 frame colony is minimum size hive.
You cannot split it.
They will swarm again and you loose the laying queen.

Make a false swarm:

Put a foundation hive on the site.put there a queen. and one larva frame and one food frame.
Then put the brood nuc over that hive and a mesh of board between colonies that they warm up each others.

After 7 days join the hives.

.

 

[dc197]

Where in bucks are you if not too far you can grab a spare brood box from me if it gets you out of trouble

Thank you kindly Ashley. I'm in MK13. I think I will be OK for boxes, I've several supers spare, and I have just made a floor.

 

[ashleybee]

your not but 15 mins from me then. i'm out near mersley village. if need anything equipment or help just let me know.