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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