Now Taking Orders for 2025

Queens ship Monday through Thursday. If your order is placed after Thursday, it will not ship out until the following Monday to prevent queens being stuck over the weekend.

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

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Carniolan traits:

• A good choice for colder climates
• More likely to forage on cool, wet days than other bees
• Quick to brood up when nectar is available
• Excellent honey producers

Queen Options

• 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.

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.

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