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How to spot a virgin queen bee on a frame. She's three to four days old, sits in the center, and has a stubby abdomen that nearly doubles in size after she mates.

How to spot a virgin queen bee on a frame. She's three to four days old, sits in the center, and has a stubby abdomen that nearly doubles in size after she mates.
See if you can spot the dark virgin queen hiding on this frame. She's about 3 or 4 days old, waiting for that warm day to go out and mate. And there we go, she is right in the middle, stubby little abdomen, but when she gets mated, that will extend to nearly double the size.