What's wrong in the video.

[Curly green finger's]

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[The Poot]

No. I’ll try again.....

 

[Curly green finger's]

No. I’ll try again.....

I'll roll with it! its more of a hear situation bloody bitters!

 

[pargyle]

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Strikes me that they don't like what you are doing to them - it's not often I hear such vocalisation from my bees when I'm inspecting them - if I do I rather tend to close them up and come back another day. Is there something else that is affecting them ? It's the sort of noise you get when you open a queenless colony but there's a nice queen there with a white spot and she looks fine ?

 

[Cuckmere couple]

cant pick anything out....i was going to say it appears there is an emerged QC in there whilst there is still a marked q

but that isnt a 'hear' situation so not sure

 

[Curly green finger's]

I'm getting vail bouncers from the hive next door you can hear them but not see them the colony with the marked queen we're fine.

 

[B+.]

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Isn't it a bit early to have a white marked queen? Is she an import?

 

[Repwoc]

Isn't it a bit early to have a white marked queen? Is she an import?

I've got one, but not mated yet.

 

[pargyle]

I've got one, but not mated yet.

You mark virgin queens ?

 

[B+.]

You mark virgin queens ?

I mark/number mine when they emerge in the incubator. Most people wait until the queen is mated though. That's fine if you don't need to know the lineage. I want to track them for life.
The weather has been so bad here, I was planning to do my first graft this weekend....but it's raining AGAIN!

 

[pargyle]

I'm getting vail bouncers from the hive next door you can hear them but not see them the colony with the marked queen we're fine.

I'd be a bit worried that bees from a hive you are not inspecting were behaving like that ? Are you sure they were from another hive - had you recently had the adjacent hive open for some reason ? If not I'd be assessing that colony for agressive traits with a view to changing the queen. What's the history of the queen in that colony - indeed - is there a queen in the colony ?

 

[Repwoc]

You mark virgin queens ?

Yes, as @B+. I mark them when they emerge in my incubator. The one I have was a swarm cell I cut out and put in the incubator a couple of days before she emerged. She's now in a 6 frame nuc. Due to start mating flights from tomorrow.

 

[madasafish]

Marking virgins from incubator is FAR easier than trying to mark one from a mini nuc/nuc - they tend to be flighty.
Started doing it three years ago - no issues.

 

[pargyle]

I mark/number mine when they emerge in the incubator. Most people wait until the queen is mated though. That's fine if you don't need to know the lineage. I want to track them for life.
The weather has been so bad here, I was planning to do my first graft this weekend....but it's raining AGAIN!

Presumably not open mating them though ? I've never marked virgins as I worry that the marking will affect their ability to mate and possibly draw attention to them from birds looking for an easy meal ?

 

[pargyle]

Yes, as @B+. I mark them when they emerge in my incubator. The one I have was a swarm cell I cut out and put in the incubator a couple of days before she emerged. She's now in a 6 frame nuc. Due to start mating flights from tomorrow.

Marking virgins from incubator is FAR easier than trying to mark one from a mini nuc/nuc - they tend to be flighty.
Started doing it three years ago - no issues.

Seems not to be a problem then ? Do you get any that don't mate or return from their mating flightS ?

 

[GuyNir]

I marked virgins last year straight from the incubator, didn’t have any issues with them mating.

 

[B+.]

Presumably not open mating them though ? I've never marked virgins as I worry that the marking will affect their ability to mate and possibly draw attention to them from birds looking for an easy meal ?

Yes. Even the open mated ones. That way, I know which maternal line they come from.
I only make daughter queens from the better performing stock. It's easier to treat them all the same. When I have enough for an II run, I just allow the surplus to open mate.

 

[pargyle]

Oh dear ... the thread seems to have wandered off track ... I wonder if there will be complaints from the purists - Have the mods noticed yet ?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Oh dear ... the thread seems to have wandered off track ... I wonder if there will be complaints from the purists - Have the mods noticed yet ?

You have

 

[Repwoc]

No issues with mating marked virgins. I started doing it after watching one of Richard Noel's videos. They are docile and easy to mark in comfort at my desk without interference from other bees. When I start to do II this year I'll be clipping them as well.