Merkstift voor het merken van de koningin

Marking pens for marking the queen. The mark of the marker/appearance may change depending on the supplier. Learn more about the colors and years check out the blog artikel with the explanation.

Beekeepers usually mark the queen each year with a different color so they know which year the queen is from. There is a mnemonic for this. The correct colors are hidden in the following sentence.

"The wilgenroox groeit and bloeit"

white in the years ending 1 and 6
yellow in the years ending 2 and 7
red in the years ending 3 and 8
green in the years ending 4 and 9
blue in the years ending in 5 and 0