Hi Allen & all

> Is it only by chance that we see her there on a brief visit back to her
old
> home?

I have watched a queen re-enter a butler cage that had newspaper as a
release agent. I removed the remaining paper and allowed the queen to walk
on to the top bars. She seemed slow and reluctant to re-emerge.

It was a 5 frame nuc not a full size colony.

I did not come to any particular conlusions at the time (about 17 years
ago), but in writing this I wondered if she was trying to find a darker
place because I had just taken the lid off and flooded the area with light.
I am unsure about this surmise as I would think it was darker among the
seams of bees.

FWIW


Best Regards & 73s... Dave Cushman, G8MZY
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