First Hive Inspection & Queen Marking

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Here are some pictures from the first hive inspection of the new bee yard and also the marking of the queens.

First hive inspection
Find the queen! Isn’t she a beauty!
Marking the queen.
All marked and ready to go back into the hive.

We mark queens with colors based on the last digit of the year. Here’s the code:

  • Year ending in 0 or 5: Blue
  • Year ending in 1 or 6: White
  • Year ending in 2 or 7: Yellow
  • Year ending in 3 or 8: Red
  • Year ending in 4 or 9: Green

If you’d like to learn more about how to inspect a hive and mark the queen, check out our How To Video on inspection.