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Title: Pic of rare, golden queen.
Post by: van from Arkansas on May 11, 2020, 08:56:39 pm

The pics say it all.

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Post by: van from Arkansas on May 11, 2020, 08:57:08 pm

Photos sized only, color not altered.  For those that follow, yes, this is Alpha, my four year old Cordovan queen?s  daughter.

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Post by: van from Arkansas on May 11, 2020, 09:07:40 pm

I will artificially inseminate this queen with my lightest colored hand pic Cordovan drones.  The daughters will be stunning.

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Post by: van from Arkansas on May 11, 2020, 09:39:11 pm

Thus pic is color enhanced.  I snapped a pic as the queen was on the Apple icon on my air book pro.

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Post by: Leoj900 on May 11, 2020, 10:18:44 pm

What a breathtaking beauty! I can imagine getting into genetics would be fun in this hobby. I hope to get to that point some day!

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Post by: Ben Framed on May 11, 2020, 11:47:32 pm

Very Nice Mr Van!

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Post by: The15thMember on May 12, 2020, 12:18:54 am

I am speechless.  She is absolutely gorgeous!

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Post by: Seeb on May 12, 2020, 07:35:57 am

What an accomplishment!! Just beautiful

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Post by: CoolBees on May 12, 2020, 01:24:43 pm

Beautiful Van! ... your work is amazing.

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Post by: AR Beekeeper on May 12, 2020, 01:29:57 pm

Van,  If you figure out how to give her daughters blue eyes they will really be heart breakers!

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Post by: Nock on May 12, 2020, 03:01:10 pm

Oh man!!!

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Post by: FatherMichael on May 12, 2020, 03:18:48 pm

Look at that!

Wow!

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Post by: JurassicApiary on May 13, 2020, 01:40:47 pm

And the Gregor Mendel award goes too...Van! [commence cheering].  Beautiful queen, Van.  Please keep us updated.

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Post by: van from Arkansas on May 13, 2020, 06:48:14 pm

I thank everyone, I am encouraged by your thoughtful texts.

Blessings

Van

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Post by: Hops Brewster on May 14, 2020, 11:01:11 am

That's just beautiful, Van!  Look how fat and sassy she is!  Needing a queen or 2 at this time, I'm 1/2 inclined to drive me out to Arkansas to talk you out of a couple of those daughters.  But only 1/2 inclined, as I don't have the time available right now.

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Post by: BeeMaster2 on May 14, 2020, 11:14:00 am

Van,
It does not look like she is clipped. I thought you clipped your breeding queens.
Jim Altmiller

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Post by: van from Arkansas on May 14, 2020, 12:17:51 pm

Jim, I do not clip the wing nor mark my queens.  I am constantly monitoring for swarm cells which I rarely find with my breeders because I always provide space for the queen to lay.

Due to winter snow levels, all of my hives are on 18 inch stands.  If a clipped queen try's to swarm, she falls off the entrance and gets lost in the grass.  I would rather the queen swarm than to be lost flightless in the grass.

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Post by: paus on May 14, 2020, 09:42:02 pm

One word WOW!!!~!!!!!!