Not sure if I should call it a beehive box or a nuc...

[soarwitheagles]

This week I have grasped two queens off the comb and marked them while I held them!
The one handed queen catcher thingy works well, too.
I hear you on the marking issue... with all the swarms, my record keeping is starting to get messy. My goal is to head into winter with all 2016 queens except for two girls from last year that I really like...

Wow, you grabbed the queens by the wings and then marked them? Wish I could do that!

Here, my wife is the one who is gifted at finding and catching the queens and marking them, and we use a queen syringe catcher.

Ok, I have a question: why not make some 2017 queens instead of heading into winter with all 2016 queens?

 

[Maggiesdad]

That was over 13 months ago...

 

[soarwitheagles]

Whoops!