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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: schawee on April 10, 2010, 12:44:26 AM

Title: queen marking
Post by: schawee on April 10, 2010, 12:44:26 AM
today i was marking swarm queens i caught this week.on the last queen i decided to mark her on the comb.when i touched her with the pen she moved and some paint got on her head.she was moving around and trying to wipe the paint off.i caught her but couldn't get the paint off.will she be ok?  ...schawee
Title: Re: queen marking
Post by: troutstalker2 on April 10, 2010, 09:39:23 PM

   I smudged some paint on a queens head once and it didn't kill her, but the superseded.