. Beekeeping in Illinois. Bees; Bee culture. 92 Miscellaneous Techniques in Beekeeping. Holding a queen bee in preparation for marking her. Her legs are held gently but firmly between the thumb and forefinger. (Fig. 61) the queen was unable to fly. Now the only reason to clip a queen's wings is to indicate her age. If you wish to do this, clip the left wing in odd years, right wing in even years. Clipping, however, may lead to supersedure of the queen. Queens are marked to make them easier to find in the hive and to indicate their age. Queens of the dark-colored races (Caucasian and Carniolan)
. Beekeeping in Illinois. Bees; Bee culture. 92 Miscellaneous Techniques in Beekeeping. Holding a queen bee in preparation for marking her. Her legs are held gently but firmly between the thumb and forefinger. (Fig. 61) the queen was unable to fly. Now the only reason to clip a queen's wings is to indicate her age. If you wish to do this, clip the left wing in odd years, right wing in even years. Clipping, however, may lead to supersedure of the queen. Queens are marked to make them easier to find in the hive and to indicate their age. Queens of the dark-colored races (Caucasian and Carniolan) should always be marked because they are more difficult to find than Italian queens. Hot-fuel-proof model airplane dope is a satisfactory marking material that comes in a wide range of inex- pensive, bright colors. Apply a dot of the dope to the queen's thorax, being careful not to get it on her antennae, wings, or membranes. You can practice on drones before attempting to mark a queen. Use a fine brush or, better, a round-headed pin stuck in a cork. Hold the queen briefly after marking her to let the mark dry, and then release her on a comb. In Europe an international marking system of five colors is used to relate the queen's age to her marking. The colors and years represented are as follows: 1968 — red; 1969 — green; 1970 — blue; 1971-—white; 1972 — yellow; 1973 on — repeat sequence of colors. A German bee-supply company, listed in the section on equipment dealers, sells queen-marking sets with numbered plastic disks in the five different colors. They are of value if you wish to identify each queen individually. The company also sells marking tubes that can be used to hold worker bees for marking. (See Figure 62 for examples.) I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jaycox, Elbert
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