> You find the candy all gone, the hole wide open, but the queen still in
the cage,
> running around and around.  Sometimes another bee, or bees, will be in
> there too.

It happened to us this year and what we found was that the staple, which
holds the gauze on, had one of its legs through the hole.  Normally the
staple legs go either side of the hole.  Thus the queen could not get out.
Just took the gauze off and let the queen out.  She took and has performed
satisfactorily.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA