Sorry about replying late -- was out of town last week. This site walked me through requeening a laying worker hive last year, and it worked perfectly. I definitely had a laying worker with domed drone brood and several queen cells. I was advised not to add a new queen, as the laying worker would likely kill the new queen; i.e., the hive thinks they have a queen already. I was advised to take the brood box about 50 feet away from its home, to remove each frame of bees and brush them all onto the ground. I placed the brushed frames into a new brood box, and when all bees had been brushed, I took the essentially empty frames in the new box back to its hive stand. Most of the bees were already there waiting for me. However, the laying worker, never having oriented, was unable to find her way back to the hive. I waited three days to confirm that no new eggs were being laid, then introduced a new (purchased) queen, and added a couple of frames of brood (also purchased because this was my first and only hive) to ensure new worker bees to take care of the new queen's brood. This seemed like a daunting task, but it actually went quite smoothly (the bees obviously didn't like it, and I would advise smoke and full protective garb). That little hive made it through the winter with feeding (syrup and dry sugar), and is now booming. I am about ready to harvest my first honey. Good luck with whatever you decide to do -- Debbie in North Carolina