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Well that is super interesting. I know its a small sample-size, but I thought if it had an effect it would be that they swarm later rather than not-at-all. Thank you.

Can I just get clarification please: Later-on, they didn't swarm? Or their swarming was no later than usual? Thanks for the info :)

For sure! But there is obvious utility in finding out first if others have tried it before and have conclusive results.

Yes indeed. Fortunately I am big enough, old enough and ugly enough to recognise and summarily dismiss from my thoughts certain types of people here just as I would in life. They have made themselves irrelevant. But I am considerably less delicate in this regard than many who will simply go...

I can definitely see the logic there. I am not even sure HOW useful it would be if it works, but I just gotta know! 🤷‍♂️

I don't have a NEED per-se. What I have is an inquiring mind. If they actually work, then more options IS better. Some sources seem to suggest that a superseded colony is much less likely to swarm. I am expecting the PDF for this article to arrive in my inbox today, for example...

Yep.

Think I’ll drop the $30 on this one: https://eurekamag.com/research/000/475/000475270.php

THANKS! Yeah I am also not subscribed or part of an academic institution anymore, but I might know someone who is… thanks for this, just what I needed.

I don't see commenting on a forum post as being any less prone to ********, frankly. Nevertheless, I intend to continue to ask questions that are not readily answered by other means; my mind works that way and it won't be changing.

I intend to learn about ALL possible means including potential new ones. I don't ask about the stuff that is easy to find. Because it's easy to find.

Even if so, you can supersede with a normal re-queening. The question is whether it affects the swarming instinct and if so, is it enough to be worthwhile doing?

Youtube can be misleading but I doubt this is fake:

Ok google is throwing up way too many general articles for me to find this: Can one artificially supersede a current Queen as a means to delay swarming? (I am talking about raising queen cups in a nuc and adding a 14 or 15 day old queen cell to a big colony without bothering to find the old...

I arrived here because I’ve been researching pheromones and terpenes; have you tried using it to slow down swarming at all? Theoretically it not only signifies young brood being present and attracts young nurses, but also moves them-on in maturity toward being foragers. Just curious.

Ok so simple question: Queen Mandibular Pheromone is passed from bee to bee throughout the colony. I have already read in various places that this happens via trophallaxis but those sources were blogs, I don't trust the information in them to be very accurate. So that's my question: Is the...

Nice, thanks.

That is what made the most sense to me. Have I got Snelgrove's method wrong then? Edit: Also Pagden seems to be Queen with field-bees get a new home (but on the same site) while nurse-bees and brood are moved away. What gives with the contradiction?

Ok, I am a little confused. Taranov's method seems to split the colony by leaving the queen and non-flying, young nurse bees together to make a new colony, while all the others make a new queen from the remaining brood. Snelgrove seems to be doing the opposite: Removing the queen and all...

Makes sense. Nah thanks, I think I’ll give that a miss lol.