This is actually a good way to deal with LW colonies. In an abstract 
in the back of ABJ a few years ago, it was shown that about 75% of 
the time a LW colony will accept a queen cell and get the queen 
mated. I see this every year in my mating nucs....laying worker 
colonies accepting the cell.


>A few weeks ago was helping some one with their hive and there was a 
>fairly mature swarm cell they wanted to squish so I took it, put it 
>in a cell protector and stuck it in the laying worker hive. They 
>accepted it and now have a laying queen.
>Karen Kimball

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