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Title: queen color
Post by: schawee on April 01, 2010, 11:55:16 PM

i have a queen that is black,anyone ever saw one before? ...schawee

Title: Re: queen color
Post by: doak on April 02, 2010, 01:35:16 AM

I have had a few. :)doak

Title: Re: queen color
Post by: hankdog1 on April 02, 2010, 01:56:05 AM

Black isn't all that uncommon. Russian strains of bees have a really dark queen. I'm pretty sure the german i beleave is even blacker. Of course alot of mutts out there that are black too. Hope to put a swarm trap out and catch a swarm off a bee tree on our property that produces almost black bees :-D.

Title: Re: queen color
Post by: JP on April 02, 2010, 02:21:03 AM

Have caught a few and had a few russian black queens.

...JP

Title: Re: queen color
Post by: Bee Happy on April 02, 2010, 08:38:42 AM

I think the carniolans are dark gray to black as well.

Title: Re: queen color
Post by: schawee on April 02, 2010, 10:42:23 PM

thanks for the info.

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