best way to mark queen

[Moggs]

Bobster - marking a Q can be very advantageous if you need to find her in a hurry. Yes, there is rarely a necessity but it makes things so much easier if you do. I mark and clip all of mine now. Makes for easier beekeeping at minimal risk and (apparently) no ill effects.

 

[m100]

you run the risk of chilling brood

Yet another myth that gets perpetuated. You have to really try hard to chill brood. It's much easier to kill brood in bright sunlight on a day with a warm breeze than it is on a cool showery day. If you get to the point of chilling brood during an inspection that started at 8am then you should close up the hive, watch the 10pm news, go to bed and have another go tomorrow.

Marking the queen will reduce stress for the beekeeper when they have to find the queen, and that reduces stress on the bees.

 

[Andre cardona]

Yet another myth that gets perpetuated. You have to really try hard to chill brood. It's much easier to kill brood in bright sunlight on a day with a warm breeze than it is on a cool showery day. If you get to the point of chilling brood during an inspection that started at 8am then you should close up the hive, watch the 10pm news, go to bed and have another go tomorrow.

Marking the queen will reduce stress for the beekeeper when they have to find the queen, and that reduces stress on the bees.

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[alanf]

Marking the queen will reduce stress for the beekeeper when they have to find the queen, and that reduces stress on the bees.

Agree, and you also have to consider the negative inspection; checking that the queen isn't one of those hanging on under the crown board before you stack it beside the hive.

Whatever your level of experience anything that improves the odds of not making a mistake has to be worthwhile.