How much does a queen bee cost Australia?
How much does a queen bee cost Australia?
Queen Bees
| Number of Queens | Price (plus postage) |
|---|---|
| 1-10 | $32.00 |
| 11-49 | $30.00 |
| 50-99 | $28.00 |
| Over 100 (in total) | $27.00 |
Are carniolan bees aggressive?
They are very popular because they are the easiest of the honey bees to work with. The Carniolan bee will aggressively defend the hive. However, they are manageable. Carniolans tend to need a little smoke to calm the hive when you have to work them.
Where did carniolan bees come from?
The Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica, Pollmann) is a subspecies of the western honey bee. The Carniolan honey bee is native to Slovenia, southern Austria, and parts of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
Are carniolan bees gentle?
Carniolan Honey Bees Carniolans (often nicknamed “Carnies”) are known for being a very gentle honey bee specie which make them a good choice for beekeepers who want to minimize their chances of getting stung. If you have severe aversion to getting stung, beekeeping may not be the activity for you.
How does a Carniolan honey bee get its Queen?
The young queen bees are bred from breeding material, taken from a chosen and carefully selected breeding line of Carniolan honey bee. Young hatched queen bees are then placed in breeding nucleus in an isolated mountain breeding station, where they mate with drones from another, separate breeding line.
Where does Australian Queen Bee Line get their honey from?
At Australian Queen Bee Line we pride ourselves in producing 100% Pure Australian Honey products from our own hives; supplying outlets around Australia and various parts of the world. Australian Queen Bee Line products are apart of ‘The Australian Made Campaign’.
How are Queen Bees at the Carnica Association?
Our breeding station is part of the Austrian Carnica Association or ACA and all queens, bred at our breeding station are part of the ACA controls and check-ups. All queens receive a transcript from the ACA herd book as well as the appropriate queen number, which certifies them as authentic Carniolan queen bees.
Where can I buy pure bred queen bees?
We offer high quality selected pure-bred queen bees for sale. The young queen bees are bred from breeding material, taken from a chosen and carefully selected breeding line of Carniolan honey bee.