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

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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!!