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Queens: Marked, Clipped or Neither?

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beemaster:
Robo:

I added an additional option so I could participate - I have clipped and unclipped - but NONE are marked.

The Swarm that Found Me - I'm leaving her be, if she couldn't fly, I would NOT have that colony.

celtic:
I like marked queens because they tell me the hive has not been supercedded by an unkown ie(Africnized).

Lesli:
I'd prefer marked queens, but since I got my nucs late in the season, I didn't have a choice in the matter. So for now, unmarked, but my preference would be marked, for easy visibility.

I'm happy to say that I have spotted both queens, though, in spite of this!

Robo:
Lesli,

Go to the craft store and buy yourself a Testors paint marker.  Next time you spot them,  give them a dap with the marker on their thorax.

Lesli:
Yep. If the next queen I get for hive one isn't marked when she's delivered, she will be soon. Besides making them easy to spot, it's a surefire way of know whether there was supercedure.

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