> been eaten away, but somehow, the paper had become
> a "one-way door" of sorts.  Bees could enter the
> queen cage, and push the paper up out of their
> way on the way in, but walking towards the exit hole,
> both workers and the queen tended to walk ON the paper,
> and up to the screen at the top of the queen cage.

... and thus was invented -- for the second time, and a century later --
the Porter bee escape.

allen
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