I cage the queen for her safety when I am ripping and tearing up a hive to overhaul the nest, or major cleanups, or big hive cut downs, nuc-ing out, etc. step 1 find the queen. Step 2 put her into a roller cage and put her in my pocket. Step 3 go fuzzy bear mode. Step 4 put all back together. Step 5 release the queen back into the overhauled hive. Walk away.