Wayne writes: "I am going to place queen excluders in the bottom of some of my hives when I reverse them...I guess my next question would be is how to get the drones out of the way?" The short answer is, remove the queen excluders. The long answer to practicing swarm prevention is to keep ahead of your bees by giving them plenty of room, use only young queens, make splits if wanted, and utilize the ability of a prolific layer to produce the maximum amount of honey that the hive is capable of producing. A beekeeper is just that, one who keeps his bees. Chuck :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/BEE-L for rules, FAQ and other info --- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::