Subject: "It's Time To Mark The Mother Of the Hive"

Marking and Managing Queen Bees for Spring

"How To Mark The Mother Of Bees?"

Queen bees matter... It's Bee Season! See why below...


"Your colonies are getting ready to GROW"

"Have You Marked Your Queen?" 

"Watch This Video To See How It's Done"  

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6 Benefits of Marking Your Queen Bee

  • Removes the headache of trying to spot her among thousands of worker bees

  • Saves you time when inspecting your colonies

  • Simple to see if the queen bee is present and accounted for

  • Tell her age at a glance in each and every colony you manage

  • Manage the laying performance of your colony

  • Tell when you can expect a new queen that will replace the old one

If you want to know why these benefits are worth while or want help learning to mark your queen bees, come on our bee training courses in Midrand. Run monthly.


By learning brood management and swarm control

you maximise your apiary success rate and

double your honey production.

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*Queen Marking Tools Shown In Video*

Queen Clip [metal]
Queen Clip [metal]
Queen Clip (Metal) for keeping queen bee safe and secure. Ready for marking with a marking pen. Or for transporting a queen or when selling a queen bee to go with a new bee colony.
ZAR 70.00
Marking Pen [Queen bee]
Marking Pen [Queen bee]
Yellow for the Year 2022. [Contains No alcohol.] Best to mark the queen bee to tell what season {year} she was born. Also to make her easier to spot among 1000s of worker bees when you do a bee hive inspection.
ZAR 97.00
Queen Plunger [single]
Queen Plunger [single]
Queen Plunger (for marking) queen bees to spot her easily and tell her age. It's useful for hive management to know the age of your queen bee. Once she is marked it is also much easier to spot your queen in the colony. Different colours indicate different years when using a marking pen. For this year, the colour is yellow as the year ends with a 2.
ZAR 38.00