A young, well-bred Queen is the single biggest driver of a productive, docile hive. Beewise supplies mated, marked Queen bees selected for docility, hygienic behaviour and strong honey production — ideal for requeening an ageing or failing colony, or heading up a new split.
Requeening every one to two years keeps your bees calm, your brood pattern tight and your honey yields up. Our Queens come from our own proven breeding line. Availability is seasonal and by collection — check the product page for current collection dates and location.
Setting up a new colony rather than requeening? See our nucleus (Nuc) & starter hives. Keen to raise your own? We also stock Queen rearing materials. For help choosing and introducing a new Queen safely, call 1800 BEEWISE or visit our Perth and Sydney showrooms.
Caution: Wear PEE gear when opeing the Battery Box as it includes approximately 50 additional attendant bees surrounding the 20 Queen cages.
20 First Generation Rottnest Daughters - Mated Marked & Hygienic - Delivery commences Mid-Spring to WA, SA, VIC, NSW.
- Excellent foragers
- Hygienic
- Gentle
- Superb comb builders
- Clean/excellent housekeepers, & hence less prone to disease
- Use little propolis
- Reduced tendency to swarm
For top performance, Queens should be replaced if:
- Your beehive is aggressive
- The beehive is performing poorly, e.g. disease, poor laying pattern
- The queen is more than two years old
PLEASE KINDLY NOTE:
- Buyers will be provided with 5 - 10 days notice prior to the Queens becoming ready for dispatch.
- Cancellation of Queen orders are not accepted as they compromise the breeding programme.
- The Queens are carefully packed for travel however Beewise does not accept resposnsibility for any losses that may occur during carriage.
Beewise Marked Mated Bee Queens are carefully bred and mated under controlled conditions to ensure they are:
- Excellent foragers
- Hygienic
- Gentle
- Superb comb builders
- Clean/excellent housekeepers, & hence less prone to disease
- Use little propolis
- Reduced tendency to swarm
For top performance, Queens should be replaced if:
- Your beehive is aggressive
- The beehive is performing poorly, e.g. disease, poor laying pattern
- The queen is more than two years old
THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR HIVE IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY OF YOUR QUEEN
PLEASE KINDLY NOTE:
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Orders of 1 to 19 queens must be collected - no delivery
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Buyers will be provided with 5 - 10 days notice prior to the Queens becoming ready for collection
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Cancellation of Queen orders are not accepted as they compromise the breeding programme.
A beautiful hard cover book full of useful information regarding Her Magesty the Queen.
QueenSpotting challenges nature lovers, science fans, and beekeepers alike to ‘spot the queen’.
This highly informative hard cover book celebrates the unique, fascinating life of the queen bee, includes 48 full colour examples of spotting Her Royal Highness.
The wellbeing of the queen bee is linked to the wellbeing of the entire colony, so the ability to find her among the residents of the hive is an essential beekeeping skill. In QueenSpotting, readers are challenged to spot the queen in vivid up-close photos of her royal highness hidden among her many subjects.
QueenSpotting celebrates the unique, fascinating life of the queen bee. It chronicles royal hive happenings such as The Virgin Death Match, The Nuptual Flight – when the queen mates with a cloud of male drones high in the air – and the dramatic Exodus of the Swarm from the hive.
Format: Hardback
Size: 178mm x 203mm x 127mm
Pages: 128 plus 48 fold-out photo puzzles.
PLEASE CALL TO CHECK AVAILABILITY
1800 BEEWISE OR 1800 233 947