Susan Adams wrote:

>      Also I have a colony of laying workers...getting a new queen next
> week...any suggestions on how I should handle this




Take the entire hive a distance of a couple hundred yards from its
original location. Dump *every* bee out on the ground - do not miss a
single bee, it could be the laying worker. Set the hive back in its
original location for the returning bees. The laying worker(s) will not
return to the hive. Then you can re-qeen.


AL