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