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Our Italian Queens come from several producers in the Glenn County area of Northern California.

Queens usually become available in mid-April, and remain available through mid-September.

During the shipping season, orders placed on Thursday & Friday may not be shipped until the following Monday unless special arrangements are made.

Italian traits:

• Gentle and easy to manage (a good “beginner bee”)
• Prolific brood producers
• Highly hygienic
• Good comb builders
• Excellent foragers
• Excellent honey producers

Queen Options

• Local Package Bee Pick Up – These extra queens will not include shipping and will be available at our package hand out when you pick up your Package Bees or Nucs.
• No Option Added – No Marking or Clipping.
• Queen Clipping – These queens will have 1 wing Clipped.
• Queen Marking – These queens will be marked with a painted dot on her thorax ( Color will depend on the year ).
• Queen Marking and Clipping – These queens will be marked with a painted dot on her thorax ( Color will depend on the year ) and 1 wing will be Clipped.

**( Packaged Bees include a queen in the package)

Queen Orders of 8 or Less will be shipped in 3 Hole queen cages with attendants. Shipped in a envelope or small overnite box

Queen Order of 9+ will be shipped in Mini Cages with candy tubes in a bag under the queens. Shipped in a Screen Shipping Box with loose bulk bees.