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