In the pic are two clusters of bees: a mated 1 year old queen in a queen clip and a virgin in a queen cage. Almost dark so I used a flash. The large cluster of bees is on the mated queen whereas the virgin queen has only a few bees. The mated queen has so many bees surrounding her, the clip, cage is hardly visible.
This subject, mated vrs virgin queen came up in a previous post. The Honey Pump texted the mated queen would be surrounded by bees and the difference is very noticeable compared to a virgin. Not HP exact words but you get the point.
Well, the opportunity arose today, due to a swarm, so I did a demo and took the attached pic.