Thank you to everyone for your replies.

I rarely use gloves, and pick up drones and workers all the time with bare
hands, so that is not an issue with me.  I tried the technique of marking
the queen and re-introducing her after a few minutes, last year, and the
workers balled and killed her immediately.  This is why I want to try the
cage technique.  I am assuming that if I plug the hole in the cage with a
piece of marshmallow, it will take the bees a day or two to release her,
and they will treat her like a new queen.

I'll let you know what happens.

Steve Newcomb