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captstinky

marked queen bee?

captstinky
14 years ago

I am in my first year of beekeeping, in an area without too many beekeepers, and the local club is 1 1/2 hours away. So, I am hoping to get some more good information here.

During a routine hive inspection, I saw a queen with no marking. Being in AHB territory, I requeened with another marked queen for worry of having an aggressive hive develop. Two months later, same deal. There is a queen, but not marked- attitude of the hive is fine. I requeened anyway. I don't mind requeening annually if necessary, but every few months seems a bit out of sorts. Do queens lose their marking fairly frequently? How concerned should I be, and when is it recommended I requeen if all seems ok?

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