Mike,

Have you tried running a 3-deep without an excluder?  From what I've 
read, you get a bumper crop with 3 deeps without an excluder.  And 
they say that, if you engage in frame checkerboarding, there is very 
little swarming.  Even with older queens.

Waldemar

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