Hi Mike and All:

> Raise queens from
>colonies that swarm, and you get colonies that swarm.

Possibly, but not necessarily.  Most colonies will make swarm cells if the
queens are old and they are doing well, even "unswarmy" ones.  And this is
going to be especially noticeable if they are crowded for space.  So if you
took swarm cells from a young queen in an uncrowded colony I would agree.
But if you took cells from older queens in crowded conditions I doubt if the
selection pressure for swarminess would be very noticeable.

Regards, Stan