2024 Bred Carniolan Queens

Italian Queens will be available June-November 2024- Pre-order enabled. Reach out for questions on timing of your order.

Strengths

• Gentle and non-aggressive
• Can be kept in populated areas
• Better sense of orientation relative to the Italian honey bee
• Less drifting of bees from one hive to a neighboring hive
• Not as prone to robbing from other hives relative to the Italian honey bee
• Able to overwinter in smaller numbers of winter bees
• Thrifty during Winter, conserving honey stores
• Able to quickly adapt to changes in the environment
• Good for areas with longer winters
• Fast rhythm of brood production and then brood rearing reduction when available forage decreases
• Lower use of propolis
• Increased resistance to brood disease
• Good build up for areas with strong spring nectar flow and early pollination
• Forage earlier in the morning and later in the evening, and on cooler, wetter days
• Workers live up to 12% longer than other sub-species