Our bees are a mix of genetics from around Ohio, and other northern states. We breed from our most productive hives, that overwinter well in our cold, damp winters, and build up quickly through our often challenging rollercoaster springs. Our bees are mostly carniolan stock but we do not run a pure line, and instead select for desired traits. We like to work bees without gloves and will not tolerate aggressive bees in the operation.  Potential queen mother candidates are evaluated for an entire season through the following winter before being used for breeding the next year. These bees are the same bees we run in our own operation, and the breeding program is results and production driven. Importing a well known and marketed line of bees to bolster sales has never been the goal.

We never forget about the drones. They're 50% of the equation. Mating yards are flooded with drones, and we'll never try to raise queens before an abundance of drones are in the air to thoroughly mate the queens. We are our own biggest queen customer, and would never sell a queen we wouldn't want in our own hives.

 Queens are given 3 weeks (versus the standard 2) to lay in their mating nucs, on full depth frames; we are able to evaluate every queen’s capped brood pattern, and ensure the queen is laying well before she is sold.

Queens are shipped USPS express.  We are inspected and certified by the Ohio Department of Agriculture. 

Queens available June-Sept.