Product Details
Description
California Italian Queen Bees are valued for their unique characteristics that make them a great asset to any hive. They stand out for the following incredible traits:
- Effective foraging habits
- Strong cleaning behaviors
- Gentle and docile temperament
- Prolificity, with a keen focus on brood-raising
- Lesser swarm tendencies than other subspecies
- Exceptional productivity and honey production capacities
- Has a propensity for efficient comb building and super entry
These qualities make these honey bees especially suited for regions with an ongoing nectar flow and favorable weather throughout the summer.
Queen orders are prepaid. Orders are subject to a $5 change or cancellation fee after the prepayment has been processed. By purchasing, you agree to our Bee Policy.
Specification
- 0.00 LBS
- If ordering multiple breeds, please call (800) 880-7694 to place your order and receive quantity break pricing.
- Live bees can only ship within the contiguous United States.
- Queens are mated and unmarked.
- Honey Bee Genetics produces queens and bees year-round in the temperate climate of the Sacramento Valley in California.
- They are a leader in the industry because their beekeepers have many years of expertise and care about producing healthy, hygienic, & well-nourished bees.
- HBG queens install easily and establish strong, hygienic hives that are excellent honey producers.
- Steve Taber and Tom Parisian began Honey Bee Genetics in 1979 with a goal of breeding a disease resistant stock of hygienic bees with an ability to overcome American Foulbrood. Honey Bee Genetics was purchased by the Tauzer Family in April 2020.
- Tauzer Apiaries has a long-standing relationship with Honey Bee Genetics and sustains the important queen rearing practices begun by Tom and Steve so long ago. Mark Tauzer and the Tauzer Family have been beekeeping and raising queens since 1973.
- Honey Bee Genetics follows the same successful breeding techniques of continuously testing our stock for these traits & carefully breeding our queens to produce specific hygienic traits that help create resistance to Varroa mites & other diseases.
