Not so! I use the Butler cage for introduction and always place it between combs (ideally containing brood) with the entrance at the bottom and covered with a single layer of newspaper held with a rubber band. In twenty one years I have never had this problem. Most queens are released within two hours. Peter Edwards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eunice Wonnacott" <[log in to unmask]> > If this were some sort of trick question, my first guess as to an answer > would be that for some reason the queen cage was left in the colony with the > open end facing to the ground. She would never get out, as insects in > general, and bees especially, never go down, only up!!