This maybe a daft question.
But what happens if you stop the old queen swarming by simply putting an excluder between the Brood box and the entrance, so trapping the old and new Qs inside the hive.
It's never mentioned in the books or webinars on swarming. I'm guessing it's been tried and was not a success.
But actually happens to the colony?
But what happens if you stop the old queen swarming by simply putting an excluder between the Brood box and the entrance, so trapping the old and new Qs inside the hive.
It's never mentioned in the books or webinars on swarming. I'm guessing it's been tried and was not a success.
But actually happens to the colony?