>>>Brushy Mountain is selling a "queen muff"<<<

I thought about making one but knew it would be one of those things that takes up space 364 days a year. 

Try this: Loosen the wire and corks. Put the queen cage and a small screwdriver in a 1 gallon baggie. Insert your preferred hand and make the baggie tight around your wrist with an elastic band. Dismantle the cage or otherwise free the bees. I then use one of those glass pipes made for handling queens. (Any piece of glass tubing of the right size should do). Slip the tube into the bag and carefully encourage the queen to enter. Slide the tube out and blow her head first into a new cage. Done!

Dick Marron

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