6-Piece Transparent Plastic Queen Bee Catcher Pipe - Professional Beekeeping Equipment for Hive Management | Ideal for Beekeepers, Apiary Maintenance & Queen Rearing

My dexterity and accuracy is not as acute as it once was and had few near misses with traditional queen clips.1) I Guillotined a few innocent workers in attempts to catch "Your Highness" in a metal queen clip (That could get expensive).2) Then on same day, I nearly choked when the captured queen walk out of a clear plastic queen clip was sitting on a bucket lid and flew to the lid of a neighboring hive due to a weak spring.I quickly realized I need a new and more accurate post to which these fit the bill.1) the clear plastic allows easier visualization in positioning the capturing hole on a crowded frame,2) Provided the foam is secure in both of the 2 ports, shes not going anywhere.3) Allows for easier insertion into any number of queen cages to introduce into an intended colony, selling her to another bee keeper or for putting her in a marking tube.They are long cylindrical plastic tubes so I'm under the illusion they will last forever but having (6) under $10, this should last me a while.No granted these may be available from any number of vendors. I did receive one that was damaged while in shipping but my vendor promptly made good on the transaction to my satisfaction.As aforementioned, they wont last forever but I am happy enough with them that I will promptly by more in the future. They make for great little door prizes and or a quick little gift/stocking stuffers to other bee keepers.