I actually havent had the problem of squishing the queen in the clip. As far as I can tell by looking at this clip, it would be pretty hard to squish a bee in it.. the design is pretty straight forward, in that as it closes, any bee to the outside edge would just be pushed toward the open end, and the open end has a gap, so if it is closed on a bee it will still not crush them... the spring is so light, that you would have to actually squeeze the clip together by hand in order to do any squishing.. The bigger problem for me is my hands. If I DID actually try to catch a queen with my bare fingers, she would be maimed or killed outright.. for the same reason I cant graft. Too many injuries and accidents, broken bones and damaged nerves in the hands to do delicate work. My hands are much like my ears.. at one time they were pristine, but some idiot abused them, and now has to live with them as they are.
