Queen tracking at the hive

I’m trying a new idea this year to easily identify the queens in each hive.  I made tags for each queen I have.  The main block has the name of the queen.  The name is based on line (IB=Indiana Mite Biter, CW=local strain, etc), two digit year, two digit sequence, and source (GR=graft, EM=emergency queen, SW=swarm, SU=supercedure).  I’ve also colored the block to match the year’s color, allowing me from a distance to see the age of each queen.  in the smaller blocks above, they indicate the mothers, going up to 4 generations back, by name and color, to help see family lines.  So far it’s working quite well.

5-2-17 Double Nuc marked with queen tag

Double Nuc marked with a queen tag.

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