Our Hygienic Queens
When you buy one of our queens you are buying a queen that we would be proud to use in our own Apiary. We never sell queens that have been malnourished in development. Nor will we sell queens that we do not think were able to mate properly (if there are many days of rain during her mating time). All of our queens come marked with the appropriate years colour on them. The majority of our queens produce a darker bee. Much of our stock we started with has come from other reputable bee breeders in Ontario. Our queens are bread on nine principles that you can read further about on our breeding page. They are:
- Hygienic behaviour
- Low Varroa Growth
- Brood Pattern
- Overwintering Ability
- Spring Build-up
- Gentleness
- Honey Production
- Low Swarming Tendency
- Propolis Collection
We feel that breeding for these nine traits encompasses breeding resilient bees that can survive in todays beekeeping environment.
We are consistently lower than the provincial average for winter loss and feel we are well on our way in breeding resilient bees that thrive.
Purchasing Our Queens
All of our queens are currently pick up at the farm only. We have them ready Most Thursdays for pick up that evening or Friday onwards. We sell our queens with attendants in California queen cages.
Queens can be pre-ordered on our website & by email, or available for pick up throughout the summer.
2023 Queens are $50 each.
Purchasing Our Deep Nucs
Our deep Nucs are 4 frame. They come with 1 frame of food (honey & pollen), two frames of brood, some open some capped, and a drawn frame for the queen to have space to lay. All frames will be fully covered with bees. The queen will always be the accepted queen from the hive, however she will be caged. We do this to ensure she does not get damaged in the Nuc during transport or while you are installing the Nuc. Once you install the Nuc you can release her from the cage or simply install it like you are introducing the queen and they will release her once they eat the candy away.
2023 Deep Nuc prices are $275. They can be preordered with a deposit on our website or by email.
Nucs are pick up only at the farm and available starting early June.
Purchasing our Medium Nucs
Our Medium Nucs are 5 frame. They come with 1 frame of food (honey & pollen) 3 frames of brood, and a drawn frame for the queen to lay in. The drawn frame is separate from the Nuc box. All frames will be fully covered with bees. The queen will always be the accepted queen from the hive, however she will be caged. We do this to ensure she does not get damaged in the Nuc during transport or while you are installing the Nuc. Once you install the Nuc you can release her from the cage or simply install it like you are introducing the queen and they will release her once they eat the candy away.
This Nuc is intended for beekeepers who want to run medium depth brood chambers. We recommend running two medium boxes as your brood chamber.
2023 Medium Nuc prices are $250 They can be preordered with a deposit on our website or by email.
They are pick up only at the farm and available starting early June.