> All of these methods sound like so much extra work.  Whenever I come
> across a laying worker hive, I just add it on top of another queen right
> hive.   If the LW hive is smaller, I just put the box on top. If the LW
> hive is larger than the QR hive, I use a single sheet of newspaper.  I've
> never had it not work.

Later, if I want another hive, then I can do another split properly, on my
own time, and do it well.
There is no way to 'save' a laying worker colony, because it is already
genetically dead.  In all the other methods, where you put in frames of
brood and shake and add queens, you are just combining it with another
colony, but in a super labor-intensive and inefficient way.

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