Juanse Barros <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Can I paint the queen when virgin? Will the painting interfere with the
>fecundation?

Hola, Juanse!

Yes, you can paint; no, it won't hurt. Working at the Dyce Lab, our standard
practice was to emerge queen cells in cages in an incubator, mark them and
introduce them to nucs in cages. By the way, we used old based model
airplane paint, applied with a sharp wooden toothpick, just a small dot.
Some outfits color code; I think Wilbanks uses only light blue, which is
very easy to spot on yellow bees. Bright orange or yellow are good colors
for black bees. 

pb

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