{"id":3182,"date":"2020-07-06T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-03-23T05:52:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T05:52:23","slug":"queen-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.apiarybook.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/06\/queen-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen &#8211; color code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">It is common practice to <strong>mark the queen<\/strong> with a small spot of paint on her back (thorax) so that the beekeeper <strong>finds it better among other bees<\/strong> and to determine their age.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">The color indicate <strong>the year the queen was introduced<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>white \u2013 for years that ends in 1 and 6 (ex. 2011, 2016)<\/li>\n<li>yellow \u2013 for years that ends in 2 and 7 (ex. 2012, 2017)<\/li>\n<li>red \u2013 for years that ends in 3 and 8 (ex. 2013, 2018)<\/li>\n<li>green \u2013 for years that ends in 4 and 9 (ex. 2014, 2019)<\/li>\n<li>blue \u2013 for years that ends in 0 and 5 (ex.2015, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.apiarybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ApiaryBook_QueenList-1.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is common practice to mark the queen with a small spot of paint on her back (thorax) so that the beekeeper finds it better among other bees and to determine their age. 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