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Beekeepers will often mark queens to render them more visible. The color is standardized to correspond to a particular year; blue paint indicates this queen was marked in 2010.
Portrait of a mature laying queen.
Portrait of a mature queen honey bee, Apis mellifera. Urbana, Illinois, USA
A queen bee, Apis mellifera. Urbana, Illinois, USA
A queen honey bee solicits food from one of her daughter worker bees (Apis mellifera). Urbana, Illinois, USA
Beekeepers will often mark queens to render them more visible. The color is standardized to correspond to a particular year; blue paint indicates this queen was marked in 2010.
Beekeepers will often mark queens to render them more visible. The color is standardized to correspond to a particular year; blue paint indicates this queen was marked in 2010.
Beekeepers will often mark queens to render them more visible. The color is standardized to correspond to a particular year; blue paint indicates this queen was marked in 2010.
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