> Here's an idea we've considered, but are not yet using.(Currently we just #
> with waterproof markers on the bottom chamber).
> Cow tags  - you know the ones that hang on a chain around the cows neck,
then
> hang them on a nail, or with a hive staple on the bottom chamber.  I know
you
> can get them as individual numbers, or a whole series of numbers, or even
with
> letters (abcdefg...).
> Just an idea!
>
> Beth Nixon
 
Standard in New Zealand for many years.  Ear tags for cows: weather (and I
guess UV) resistant plastic, a variety of bright colours, numbers in
sequence, with a hole in for nailing to the hive, removable and
reusable....must have been designed by a beekeeper.
 
Andrew
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