>
> Are you suggesting that we should never interfere, never
> destroy the queen
> cells?
>

To interfere, and to fight against would be two different things.

In this case the beekeeper was removing cells, and not much else. Sure you
could get lucky
and keep them from swarming. But the bees know that they have an old queen.
The "glue" is
weak. The hive knows this.

There are many options when we see cup cells. If they are swarm cells, split
(and requeen). If supercedure, requeen.