Finding a marked bee in a winter cluster in January might be difficult, don't know were you livebut in upstate NY you don't open the hive that time of year.
But you may be able to do that sort of tracking of individual bees in an observation hive, if you haveone you can overwinter in.
From: Charles Linder <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 1, 2016 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Long lived bees
Matilla and Harris did mark bees. It is very easy to do. Could you please do so this fall and let us know the results?
If I understood what you want to mark might be able to make time. Trying to understand what we are marking. Just to see how long bees live?? Or say an aug bee and a sept bee and an oct bee?? Not sure how I would be identifying when winter bee formation actually starts.... open to suggestions and a plan.
Charles
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