> ... it is better to put the old queen into a new hive at a new site.
> I usually take one frame with open brood cells (the rest are frames
> with foundation) and put it at the place of the old hive. This old
> hive will get the elder flying bees (without the old queen)...
Interesting. This runs counter to the usual advice, since you wind up
introducing a queen among old bees and also trying to get old bees to make
wax.
Neither of these are normally recommended practice. In fact they are
diametrically opposed.
Allen