New bee colonies on 3 to 6 frames with instrumentally inseminated Ligustica queens

€163.50

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We accept orders for new bee colonies with instrumentally inseminated queens until May 31!

We offer new bee colonies on 3 to 6 frames (Dadan-Blatt 450 mm x 300 mm) with instrumentally inseminated queen to alleviate worries about introduction of new queens in your apiary. New bee colonies can be picked up only at Plānupes street 11A, Inčukalns, Inčukalns parish, Sigulda district, Latvia.

The price includes: instrumentally inseminated Ligustica queen 120 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 with instrumentally inseminated queens will be available in limited quantities from mid-July until the end of August. Orders will be fulfilled in queue, so we invite beekeepers to reserve new bee colonies now by placing an order. The order will be confirmed after receiving the prepayment by May 31!

Due to weather and other unpredictable circumstances, the number of available instrumentally inseminated queens may change and your order may have to be cancelled. In that case, we will inform you of the cancellation of the order and return the full amount of the advance payment to the account from which the payment was made.

All queens and used drones are reared from selected breeder queens, tested in our apiaries. Upon receiving the queens, the beekeeper will also receive information on the origin of the queens and used drones.

Ligustica bee colonies:

Form strong, large colonies,
Excellent foragers when nectar is widely available in nature,
Winter consumption of food is uneconomical, overwinter worse than other races in severe winters (Finnish-Italian queens have better wintering ability),
Are very gentle during the working procedures,
Have low tendency to swarm,
Greater tendency to rob than other races, if there is low or no nectar in nature.

Instrumentally inseminated queens are intended for rearing new queens for your own apiary or for queen breeders to evaluate them and then rear queens for commercial purposes.

Advantages of instrumentally inseminated queens:

The queen is instrumentally inseminated, the origin of the drones used for insemination is known,
Instrumentally inseminated queens are intended for rearing pure Ligustica virgin queens.

Disadvantages of instrumentally inseminated queens:

Instrumentally inseminated queens have a higher price than naturally mated queens.

* Daughters of these instrumentally inseminated queens have not been tested. If specific queen and her daughters are tested and evaluated, then the specific two-year-old queen is called a selected breeder queen. The selected breeder queens correspond to a different price category.