Slowly press it down until she cannot move. I have marked about 10 queens this way and all of them are doing fine.
Kingfisher
Kingfisher
This is my point: 24 grams / 0.857 oz. may be an unhealthy weight for a queen.No, I don't think that you want the weight of the tube resting on your queen.
"pressing lightly" will depend on ones judgement. For someone new to messing about with bees, I think there could be problems.... and press lightly against the queen.
It's possible that the device could be virtually "fault-free"; with the user holding just the plunger.Any queen damage is going to be the result of my own fault and not the product.
Is how I put it.It's possible that the device could be virtually "fault-free";
I like my new marking tube (with netting) so far...I've also noticed how my older tubes have a soft netting. The newer tubes have a hard, molded plastic grid. I like my older tubes.