> Walt Wright promotes "checkerboarding," which simply puts a break
> through the honey arch.

IMO, like all such prescriptions, checkerboarding is too formulaic,
especially for the novice crowd at whom the articles are aimed, and the
procedure could do real damage to a colony if practised without
understanding and proper timing.

Sadly, many in that that group would probably not recognize the harm
done and see only that checkerboarding prevented swarming.

I always find it interesting which authors show up on BEE-L and are
willing to defend their ideas -- and change or qualify them if a 
convincing argument is made or evidence produced.

Even more interesting is the long roster of those popular writers who 
can't or won't stand the heat.

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