On Sun 27 Jul, Computer Software Solutions Ltd wrote:
> I heard recently of a Swarm Contol method called a Taranov Board.
>
> I have only sketchy information on it. I was told that you do not have to
> find the Queen and this attracts me greatly as I am only a beginner.
>
> Thanks for any assistance
>
> Sincerely
>
> Tom Barrett
> 49 South Park
> Foxrock
> Dublin 18
> Ireland
>
> Tel + 353 1 289 5269
> Fax + 353 1 289 9940
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>
>
Tom
 
I use my Tarnoff board quite a lot it is a useful tool
to have for splitting young bees and the queen
from old bees.
Its easy to make a board the width of the hive, fixed at an angle on a base board
 sloped as you would hive a swarm. Set it back from the hive entrance by about 100mm
(4 inches ) shake the bees of the frames on to the board. The old bees will fly into the
hive leaving a cluster under the board of old bees and the queen.
Easy way to artificially swarm a stock that has queen cells.
also I use it to obtain young bees to stock mini-nuc boxesfollow method as book
by Bernhard Mobus,  Mating in Minuture. published by Btitish Isles Bee Breeders Association.
 
Hope this adds interest to your beekeeping
 
 
 
 Stewart
Cumbria, UK. (an old Gable-Endie)