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Offline Edward

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Re: Marking a queen with paint
« Reply #20 on: February 04, 2014, 10:25:33 am »
Bees see red as black, maybee they thought bee was Dirty .  :laugh:
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Re: Marking a queen with paint
« Reply #21 on: February 04, 2014, 03:20:24 pm »
A lot of UK keeps have a Press In Queen Marking Cage in their kit.




The cage goes loosely over the Q on the face of the comb. By gently tilting the cage, the Q is retained and workers released.
When there is only the Q and few workers, the cage is pressed slowly and gently into the comb until the Q is immobile in a painting position.
After painting the cage is pulled back slightly to allow the Q to move and the paint to dry.
Finally the cage is removed and the Q is free on the face of the comb.

This gadget is handy for newbees or keeps who do not wish to or cannot hold a Q.

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Re: Marking a queen with paint
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2014, 06:54:52 pm »
I don't have a problem using my hands to mark them.
Guess it just comes from all the bugs and critters we captured as kids.
When we saw something new, we had to have a look at it.
Not much escaped from the dip net.  ;D
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Re: Marking a queen with paint
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2014, 07:25:19 pm »
Ever eat any?  ;D :o
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Re: Marking a queen with paint
« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2014, 09:40:49 pm »
Had a few on the camp fire Perry. Lucky we didn't die.  :o
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Re: Marking a queen with paint
« Reply #25 on: May 17, 2015, 12:59:26 am »
Tried my hand at marking today.  got two of the three without issue - that third one though I screwed up and put a bit more paint than I wanted to on her.  I panicked and put her in the hive, hoping the attendants would clean her before too much damage was done and it dried... I'll go back in in a few days and see if I killed her. 
The paint was a small dab that quickly went from circle to blob covering wings - i didn't see any spread to her legs, but by the then I was too busy cursing and returning her to the frame...
All in all, it was a definite learning experience.
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« Reply #26 on: May 17, 2015, 01:42:10 am »
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