>
> > No.  It buys time.
>
> Buys time for what?
>
> For you to make a split.

Without clipping a queens wing, once the first swarm cell is capped (or
right around then) the hive will swarm. If you clip a wing, the swarm will
return and continue to attempt to swarm until the first virgin emerges,
which takes about a week from when the cell was capped. Hence, clipping a
wing gives you another week to notice a colony is trying to swarm and make
a split. At least in theory.

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