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A Technique for Mass-Marking Honeybees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. V. Smith  and
G. F. Townsend
M. V. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Apiculture, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario
G. F. Townsend
Affiliation:
Department of Apiculture, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario
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The study of honeybee behaviour and activity requires, among other things, some means of positively identifying both individuals and groups of honeybees. Research workers have for years applied quick during paints to the thorax or abdomen of the honeybee for this purpose. However, where large numbers of bees must be marked, the hand application of paints is a rather slow and tedious procedure and at its best allows for the marking of a comparatively small number of insects.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 83 , Issue 12 , December 1951 , pp. 346 - 348
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1951

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