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Subject:	Re: Report from the South
From:	Steve Rose <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sun, 13 Mar 2016 07:49:38 +0000
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On 3/12/2016 11:25 PM, Peter Edwards wrote:
> I clip first by constraining the queen, then catch one wing with fine 
> tweezers and clip using dressmakers snips (easier than trying to put 
> your fingers into scissors). 

I use a baldock cage to mark young queens that have only been laying for 
a week or 2 but avoid clipping as young as that.  As soon as she has a 
frame or 2 of sealed brood then I pick her up and clip.  I have lost 
queens that I have clipped too soon but can only guess why.

Steve Rose
North Wales

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