A common method to try to control swarming here in Australia is to put foundation in the brood chamber and lift the brood combs being replaced into the supers above the excluder. May not work for those who do not use excluders. Does not work in some circumstances where the bees want to go to the trees no matter what. This can be on canola for one. Trevor Weatherhead AUSTRALIA *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm