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A couple stopped by 2 weeks to get some honey and bees for sting 
therapy.  They called the other day to ask if they can keep a small 
colony on their property.  They are not interested in making honey, 
just want to keep some bees for stinging.

A 5-frame nuc would be great for them.  Does anyone have a good way 
of restricting the queen to lay only in 1 frame or 1 1/2 frames?  
[The idea is to hold the population back during the spring build up 
so they would not get the urge to swarm.]

Is there a standard queen restrictor out on the market?  I suppose I 
could make something out of queen excluder material for them.

Thanks!

Waldemar

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