Apiary and Hive Register
Give every hive a number and a description that stays fixed, so inspection cards, treatment records and feeding logs all point at the same thing.
BK-02 1 page
Beekeeping · BK-03
Queen Record and Marking Sheet
A free printable queen record — one line per queen for hive, mark colour and year, source, date introduced, date seen laying, temperament and when she was superseded or lost.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Keep track of which queen is in which hive and how long she has been there, so temperament and laying can be read against her age and her origin.
Who it is for
Beekeepers who mark or track their queens, anyone raising or buying queens, and association apiary managers looking after other people's stock.
How to use it
- Start a new line for every queen rather than overwriting the line above.
- Write in the colour you actually used and the year beside it.
- Record the date she was introduced and the date you first saw her laying — the gap between them is worth having.
- Describe temperament in the same words each time so the column can be compared.
- Close the line with the date she was superseded, lost or replaced.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One line per queen — which hive she is in, how she is marked, where she came from, when she was introduced, when she was first seen laying, and when she was superseded or lost.
Your marks, in your words. No marking convention is printed here. Write in the colour you actually used and the year beside it, so the sheet still reads correctly whether you follow the colour sequence your association uses, mark every queen the same, or do not mark at all. Describe temperament in your own words and keep using the same ones.
Write-on lines: Beekeeper · Apiary or site · Sheet started
Queens — one line per queen — start a new line, do not overwrite the old one
Table, 11 rows: Hive no. · Mark colour · Year · Source · Introduced · Seen laying · Temperament · Superseded / lost · Notes
Questions
Why is the colour-year sequence not printed on the sheet?
Because not every beekeeper follows the same one, and some mark every queen the same colour or not at all. Writing the colour and the year side by side means the sheet reads correctly whatever convention you use, including none.
What should go in the temperament column?
Whatever words you will still understand next season — steady, runny, follows, defensive. Consistency matters much more than vocabulary, because the column is only useful when one queen's entry can be set against another's.
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