>What is the best method for getting the queen back down
>into the brood chambers?
>
A bit of frame sorting is in order here.  Take out any full sealed frames of
honey from the brood box.  Select any frames from the super where the queen
is laying that have unsealed brood/eggs or queen and place these in the
brood box.  Fill in the brood box with sealed brood or empty frames.  If you
are sure the queen is now in the brood box, use a queen excluder and any
other frames of sealed brood, unsealed honey, pollen etc. can go in supers
above.  Otherwise leave the excluder off so the queen can find her own way
down to the brood chamber.
 
The bees will quickly re-arrange supplies to suit themselves and the queen
will always lay wherever the brood is at the moment, that is, if she has
been in an upper super but all the fresh brood is now down in the brood box
she will return there to continue laying.
 
Betty McAdam
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