John Mitchell wrote: > In a message dated 5/9/00 8:43:02 AM, [log in to unmask] writes: > > <<This > was a smallish queen and seemed to me to have a slim abdomen.>> > > Once again, it's the thorax, not the abdomen, that is hindered by the > excluder. The question still begs an answer: why and how did she get through? Was it a defective queen catcher? Has it been measured up? Robert Post