Bee colony, Carnica
We offer our naturally mated and instrumentally inseminated queen bees for purchase in 3 to 6 frame colonies
(Dadan-Blatt 450 mm x 300 mm)
, eliminating the need to introduce the queen bee into your own bee colony. Bee colony pickup is only available at Plānupes street 11A, Inčukalns, Sigulda district, Latvia. Colonies with instrumentally inseminated queen bees can be ordered until May 31.
The price includes: naturally mated 20 EUR or instrumentally inseminated queen bee 100 EUR plus 3 to 6 frames (brood combs and honey comb) x 14.50 EUR/per
frame.
Upon receiving the new colony, you will additionally have to pay a
deposit of 35 EUR for the swarm box in order to transport the bee colony. When
returning the swarm box, the deposit will be returned.
The new bee colonies will be available in limited quantities starting in
late June or early July.
Orders will be fulfilled in queue, so we invite
beekeepers to reserve new bee colonies now by placing an order. We will stop
accepting orders at a certain number of ordered bee colonies.
Bee colonies with instrumentally inseminated queen bees will be available from mid-July to the end of August.
All queens are reared from
breeder queens, tested in our apiaries. Upon receiving instrumentally inseminated queens, the
beekeeper will also receive information on the origin of the queens.
Carnica bee colonies:
- Overwinters well even in cold regions with low feed consumption,
- Have rapid development in spring,
- Are gentle during the working procedure,
- Very good foragers of early spring pollen and nectar yields,
- Works well even in bad weather conditions,
- Have greater tendency to swarm than Buckfast bees,
- Have good disease resistance.
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