> ... it is better to put the old queen into  a new hive at a new site.
> I usually take one frame with open brood cells  (the rest are frames
> with foundation) and put it at the place of the old  hive. This old
> hive will get the elder flying bees (without the old  queen)...
 
Interesting.  This runs counter to the usual advice, since you wind up
introducing a queen among old bees and also trying to get old bees to make
wax.
 
Neither of these are normally recommended practice.  In fact they are
diametrically opposed.
 
Allen