Todd,
You are only rearrainging the problem but you are confining the queen to a
area in which she can lay all the eggs on drawn comb she wants so you are
solving a major cause of swarming and giving the hive extra space to cluster
(another cause of swarming).
About a 50% chance of working in my opinion.
Bob

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