Queen Marking Pen

Queen Marker with Yellow Marking Pen for Easy Queen Identification

The OZ Armour Queen Marker with Yellow Marking Pen is designed to make queen bees easier to identify during hive inspections. A clear mark on the queen's thorax helps you locate her more quickly and makes it easier to keep track of her age and colony history.

The yellow marking pen provides a highly visible mark while its fine tip allows controlled application. Explore OZ Armour for beekeeping equipment, queen-rearing supplies, hive tools and other essentials for your apiary.

Make Your Queen Easier to Find

Finding an unmarked queen among thousands of worker bees can take time, especially during a busy hive inspection. Marking her with a visible colour makes identification much easier when checking the colony.

A marked queen can also help you quickly confirm that the expected queen is still present.

Yellow Queen Marking Pen

The included yellow marking pen is designed specifically for queen marking. Yellow is one of the colours used in the international queen-marking colour cycle, making it useful for identifying the queen's marking year.

The bright colour helps the mark remain visible when you're looking across frames during future inspections.

Fine Tip for Controlled Application

The pen features a fine precision tip designed to help apply a small, controlled mark to the queen's thorax. A precise application helps avoid using excessive paint while making the mark clearly visible.

The quick-drying ink also helps reduce the chance of smudging after marking.

For more queen-rearing and hive-management equipment, explore our beekeeping tools and accessories.

Fast-Drying, Non-Toxic Ink

The marking pen uses fast-drying, non-toxic ink designed for queen marking. The ink is intended to dry quickly after application, helping minimise the time the queen needs to be handled.

As with any queen-marking procedure, gentle handling and careful application are important.

Helps Track Queen Age

Following the international colour system can help beekeepers identify the approximate age of a marked queen at a glance. The colour cycle uses white, yellow, red, green and blue, repeating every five years.

Using the correct colour for the year makes queen records easier to maintain across successive seasons.

Useful During Routine Hive Inspections

A marked queen is generally easier to spot when checking brood patterns, colony condition and queen presence. This can help make inspections more efficient and reduce the amount of time spent searching through frames.

The compact pen is also easy to keep in a hive tool box or queen-rearing kit.

Easy to Handle

The pen-style format provides a familiar and straightforward way to apply queen marking paint. Its compact size makes it easy to carry alongside other queen-handling equipment.

It can be used by both new beekeepers learning queen marking and experienced beekeepers managing multiple colonies.

Key Features

• Queen Marker with Yellow Marking Pen
• Yellow queen marking colour
• Fine precision tip
• Fast-drying ink
• Non-toxic ink
• Designed for queen marking
• Helps make queens easier to identify
• Useful for tracking queen age
• Suitable for routine hive inspections
• Compact pen-style design
• Easy to handle
• Suitable for queen-rearing equipment kits
• Useful for beginner and experienced beekeepers

A Simple Way to Identify Your Queen

The OZ Armour Queen Marker with Yellow Marking Pen provides a straightforward way to make your queen easier to identify during future inspections. Its yellow colour, fine tip and fast-drying non-toxic ink make it a practical addition to any queen-management kit.

For practical information about queen marking, queen introduction, queen rearing and hive management, read the OZ Armour blogs.