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Subject:
marking queens (was: No Eggs)
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Paul Nicholson <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 09:54:41 -0700
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At 15:02 -0700 9/14/98, George Styer wrote:
>Unless you are marking your queens, you don't know that the queen you saw
>is the same one you saw last time you inspected. It could very well be that
>this is a new supercedure queen that has not yet mated or begun to lay.
>Check again in a couple of weeks for brood.
 
What kind of paint do you use? Is fingernail polish OK? What is the
technique to hold the queen and make sure she does not get injured and you
don't get stung?
 
Paul

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