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Re: Queens without Candy
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> Avoid banking queens in the standard black screen wire--the queen's tarsae
> (feet) apparently get caught in the crossed wire mesh over time.

I am not sure why some queen producers continue to use these cages.

Must be the ease of caging as myself and all my friends prefer the plastic.

But we still order queens *at times* from places which use the wood cages.

bob 

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