BBKA Forum

I've been very lucky and have been given a colony by a mate in work that is very strong . Trouble is they are in an Apipol hive and are absolutely crammed, capped drone brood in top super and collecting on the outside of hive in the day . Trouble is I have no Apipol supers only National , could I put on a National and plug any gaps with timber . I am away this weekend and I feel if the weather is right they will swarm . It may be that my friend turns up with a super for me but if he is not able to I will in a tizz.

Yup, get what you can on and fill gaps with gaffa tape/ wood or whatever.
They sound as thought they needed room yesterday!

Thanks for advice Nigel.Ive just checked hive and no Q.C are in the hive so panic over for now.

With swarming, a bit of panic is often better than a shed load of complacency!