Milt,

I routinely directly release queens when installing packages.  I install
packages every spring, and have for 25 years.  If the queen is too slow
coming out of the cage, one can gently remove the screen from the cage
and release the queen that way.  The one thing I would suggest in doing
this is don't remove screen and then place cage over frames, rather
remove staples and place cage close to top bars before removing screen
(In removing screen, open the loose screen like a door with the opening
facing down toward the frames).

Tom

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"Test everything.  Hold on to the good."  (1 Thessalonians 5:21)

Tom Elliott
Chugiak,  Alaska
U.S.A.
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