In your message dated Tuesday 16, May 1995 you wrote :
>
> I did read in a book that if one should blow up a hive that is intent on
> swarming, then they probably won't swarm.
 
The full quote (from C C Miller) is that "if a colony disposed to swarm
should be blown up with dynamite, it would probably not swarm again, but its
usefulness as a honey-gathering unit would be somewhat impaired".
 
The point is that swarm control (or, better, swarm prevention) techniques
need to be compatible with productive beekeeping.
 
Andrew
 
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