queen color

[schawee]

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

[doak]

I have had a few. :)doak

[hankdog1]

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.

[JP]

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


...JP

[Bee Happy]

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

[schawee]

thanks for the info.