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The queen should be marked to help find her easily. Normally the queen has a dab of coloured paint applied to her thorax - the colour denoting the year when she was born.

White - 2001 and 2006
Yellow - 2002 and 2007
Red - 2003 and 2008
Green - 2004 and 2009
Blue - 2005 and 2000

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