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Re: BMPs
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Aaron Morris <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:24:06 -0500
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On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7:41 AM, Peter Loring Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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> ​... various Best Management Practices documents ... recommend keeping all
> queens marked ...
>

​I am a staunch advocate of marked queens.  All new hives, be they nucs or
packages, start with a marked queen following the international queen
marking code
http://tinyurl.com/jxbh9yk

I'm amazed every spring how few marked queens are in my hives.  No hard
numbers, but my conservative guess is ​
​fewer than 50% queens​

​are marked the following spring.  I can't say if it's supersedure or the
paint wore off.  Probably a combination of the two​.

Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!

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