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Co / Durham / Co Cleveland and Northumberland
Hive Type
National
Number of Hives
17 nucs....
Its not hard but lets see if the new beginners can spot her, don't give it away just say Yes or No and i will point the location out later to anyone who is new who can not see her.

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I found her. Once you see her it's quite easy to spot again, perhaps we should do more of these to train the newbie's (like me) eye.

Now come to my hives and try to spot the queen in one of mine, she's a new one this summer and I have yet to see her.
 
I found her. Once you see her it's quite easy to spot again, perhaps we should do more of these to train the newbie's (like me) eye.

Now come to my hives and try to spot the queen in one of mine, she's a new one this summer and I have yet to see her.
There's a good chance i would spot her eventually ;) .
 
Took a minute or two but founder her. Much easier when not running around lol
 
Could not find her, but that is not surprising as when I am wanting to find the queen I do not actually look for her as such, but look more for something odd on the frame, - the way she moves or the way the bees react to her. Have no difficulty spotting queens in my colonies.
 
Could not find her, but that is not surprising as when I am wanting to find the queen I do not actually look for her as such, but look more for something odd on the frame, - the way she moves or the way the bees react to her. Have no difficulty spotting queens in my colonies.

The way she moves and the way the bees behave around her gives the game away for me also.
 
Yes. Nice idea. Should have started with easy ones though.
Always look for the hole in the crowd.

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Easy! The main difference with this vs reality is that (unless you're being mean) you've told us that there is a queen on that side of that frame. You don't get the same help when going through your own hives :)
 
Easy! The main difference with this vs reality is that (unless you're being mean) you've told us that there is a queen on that side of that frame. You don't get the same help when going through your own hives :)
She might be on the other side so you need your X-ray glasses on. :cool:
 
I'm going to stick my neck out here and from your other post "my 3 queens" I'd say this little lady is the one with a white mark on her thorax
Wingy
 
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