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I tried queen marking today for the first time. I used a queen catcher, and marking tube. I watched the youtube videos, and thought I knew what I was doing. I caught two queens from my well established nuc's and marked them - a little clumsy but I did it.
Then I went to my freshest nucs... Saw a nice fat queen and a pile of eggs. OK, so I chased her all over the frame with the catcher. She flew off.
I waited a while and saw that she landed behind me, tried to catch her and off she went. Don't know if she'll be back.
The next nuc the same thing happened.
I've never had a queen fly off before, but I have never hassled one before either. So my question is how long should I wait after a queen has started laying before I attempt to mark her?
Adrian.
Then I went to my freshest nucs... Saw a nice fat queen and a pile of eggs. OK, so I chased her all over the frame with the catcher. She flew off.
The next nuc the same thing happened.
I've never had a queen fly off before, but I have never hassled one before either. So my question is how long should I wait after a queen has started laying before I attempt to mark her?
Adrian.