Honey Bees - Queen Marking

Queens will be marked the color for the year, color code is listed below.

Packaged bee queens cannot be marked.

*Marking is available see options. (see below)

INTERNATIONAL QUEEN MARKING COLOR CODE

           Color                     Years ending in 

          White (or gray)        1 or 6

          Yellow                       2 or 7

          Red                           3 or 8

          Green                       4 or 9

          Blue                          5 or 0

A small colored dot is placed on the back of the thorax of the queen making her easier to spot in the colony and identifies what year she was installed (by the color) and if the original queen is still there. 

We will mark queens in singles, nucs and on individually purchased queens for this charge.