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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REQUEENING & RAISING NEW QUEENS => Topic started by: Burl on February 18, 2008, 12:12:38 pm

Title: What color to mark queens
Post by: Burl on February 18, 2008, 12:12:38 pm
Hi ,   Somewhere I have seen a year to year chart/schedule on what color to mark new queens with each year.  This is in hopes of having some standardization .  Can anyone please point me in the right direction or forward that info to this thread ?    Thanks!       ---Burl---
Title: Re: What color to mark queens
Post by: jimmyo on February 18, 2008, 09:24:03 pm
for years ending in 1 or 6 white
                          2 or 7 yellow
                          3 or 8 red
                          4 or 9 green 
it is in lots of books and  Brushy mountain's catalog.
   Jim 
Title: Re: What color to mark queens
Post by: pdmattox on February 18, 2008, 09:43:16 pm
what about 5 and 0?
Title: Re: What color to mark queens
Post by: rdy-b on February 18, 2008, 10:52:44 pm
what about 5 and 0?
                    BLUE :lol:   RDY-B
Title: Re: What color to mark queens
Post by: Burl on February 19, 2008, 01:16:13 am
Thanks , I'm writing this down and keeping with my record keeping book.
                                                                   ---Burl---
Title: Re: What color to mark queens
Post by: Michael Bush on February 22, 2008, 08:03:13 pm
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesqueenrearing.htm#colors