Hi Jim
I don't think your question was out of place at all mate, for what it's worth.
I've heard that queens don't like to cross allot of capped stores, but I've also had queens get through a QX and lay up a couple of supers.
I've also heard it said that queens only leave the hive on mating flights or when swarming, but I've seen a marked queen on the front of a hive when there was no swarming going on; she walked back and forth several times then went back inside - just before dusk - no idea how long she'd been out before I spotted her, and I'd just arrived at the apiary and not started any inspections.
I suspect there are many things to do with beekeeping that we are told are the standard practice, or necessary, but which in fact are mostly popularized myth that's been adopted largely through ignorance. So, I see no harm in questioning the status quo. After all, look at all the Langstroth owners around the world (and nationals in the UK) who have never heard of cell size or considered our constant medication of colonies might be a bad thing, and the funny way we are looked at when we raise such topics; which makes me doubly surprised at the reactions here to your post!
Peter
Cambridge UK