honey collection early spring? Advice sought.

[fatshark]

Perhaps Lancs Lad is confusing the responsibility we should have as beekeepers (for the health and welfare of the colony) with the apparent contradiction in the need to sometimes kill a queen?

Albeit confused with artificial swarms and financial gain ...

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Does this line of thought cover you when doing an artificial swarm and then killing the old queen , just for financial gain?

No.
It implies a deep misunderstanding of managing these super organisms to suggest so imho.

and there's a big difference between a quick, humane despatch and leaving a creature to slowly starve to death.