Finding Queen with black light

[dto001]

Hi all, Just a quick question.
Has anyone ever used and UV pen for marking a queen so she can be found easier using a black light or would a black light just react with the other bees?
Just wondering this the other day
Cheers

 

[Erichalfbee]

Would searching for a UV dot with a torch be easier than searching for paint dot with your eyes?
Quite often I spot a queen out of the corner of my eyes anyway.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Would searching for a UV dot with a torch be easier than searching for paint dot with your eyes?

maybe doing it in the dark would?

 

[jeff33]

maybe doing it in the dark would?

I can just picture someone on their fours, head in the BB with a blanket over...

 

[pnkemp]

For some reason reminds me of when I caught my first swarm in a nuc on my garage roof. I'd spotted a few dozen scouts but had no thought they'd moved in until the evening when I got up on a ladder to adjust the nuc slightly and saw a dozen or so of the girls peeking out the entrance in the torchlight basically going "What the hell you doin? We're SLEEPIN here!".

 

[Finman]

Even calm bees start to sting in dark. Yes.. I know.

I have never searched a queen in darkness.