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.
>
 
Tom,
 
The Taranov Board appears to have some uses and some advocates.  But, I
would certainly not use it to avoid learning to find the queen.  Every
beekeepeer should learn to locate the queen, even though it is not often
necessary.
 
Tom
 
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"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
 
Tom Elliott
Chugigak,  Alaska
U.S.A.
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