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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: Rock331 on August 18, 2011, 02:16:43 PM

Title: Looking for eggs.
Post by: Rock331 on August 18, 2011, 02:16:43 PM
I was think how hard it is to see eggs unless the sun is shining the right way. Then I remember playing with a black light. You when you walk into a club and your white shirt turns blue. Well I was wondering it the same thing happens to a white egg. I was thinking about getting a small black light like the kind banks use to scan money to look for the hidden seals. Has anyone tried this and is it worth spending the money on a black light.
Title: Re: Looking for eggs.
Post by: AllenF on August 18, 2011, 04:29:38 PM
I don't know about the black light, but I have switched over to black plastic foundation and that makes finding eggs very easy. 
Title: Re: Looking for eggs.
Post by: Michael Bush on August 18, 2011, 09:20:44 PM
A flashlight helps a lot.
Title: Re: Looking for eggs.
Post by: BlueBee on August 18, 2011, 09:36:30 PM
+1 on black plastic foundation.  Really makes them so much easier to see.

No, haven't tried a black light.  Interesting question.
Title: Re: Looking for eggs.
Post by: Rock331 on August 19, 2011, 12:28:50 AM
I am going to check the hive tomorrow and will try with a flashlight. Later I will try with a blacklight just to see if it works. I will let yall know.
Title: Re: Looking for eggs.
Post by: Kathyp on August 19, 2011, 12:57:12 AM
i will try it next time.  seems an interesting idea...and i have a black light.  try ebay for a good one.  some that i found in the stores were not so good and the ones that were, were expensive.  found a nice one on ebay and it did not cost so much.