Hi All!

Yesterday I waltzed through some of my older hives for inspection and
found two with 2-3 swarm cells each.  One of these had a queen which was
still laying a great pattern.   I found here wandering about - so I
removed her.

Will removing a queen (likely) stop a swarm from taking place?  The
Q-cells are capped and look 3-4 days from hatching.  I've never read
anything on simply removing the old queen once swarm cells are found,
but I'm wondering why this approach shouldn't work?  (to small to split)

Matthew Westall - Castle Rock, CO