>> While we are discussing swarm control in all it's facets nobody has >>mentioned what I consider to be the easiest check. On the hive examination >>'look for eggs' a hive will not swarm leaving open brood. >> So.. subject to timing ie. how old the open brood or eggs are helps >>to determine if and when that hive will swarm. >> If you don't find eggs, then you're probably too late. In that case, >>make a false swarm and split, unless of course you want to give your bees to >>a neighbour!! Is is the presence of the eggs or the fact that the queen is still laying? If if is the egss then as a stop gap measure could you place o frame for another hive with eggs in order to delay things a bit?