How do I force Queen down to lay in bottom box?

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BernardBlack

Field Bee
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Co. Armagh
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National
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Did artificial swarm lately. Hive setup is:

Super
Super (mostly full)
Brood box

Brood box has a few frames of drawn comb, and a couple frames of older brood/stores.

Queen seems intent on laying in top super (newly drawn comb), while not laying in brood box.

How do I get her to come down to lay in Brood box?

I was thinking put a Q Excluder between the two supers, and force her downwards to lay in brood box, where there is plenty of room?

Any thoughts?
 
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