ITALIAN QUEEN BEE

We are excited to supply beekeepers of all sizes and experience with high-quality, genetically diversified bees, enabling each beekeeper to fulfill their goals.

We choose our breeder queens based on the hive's performance in honey production, gentleness, brood-rearing viability, and overall ability to overwinter healthy and heavy. In addition, OHB has worked with the "Tech Transfer Team," developed by world-renowned entomologist Marla Spivak, since before its official launch in an effort to identify and maintain desirable traits in our current stock. We've infused the "Minnesota Hygienic" and the "VSH" traits into our Italian stock, in an effort to enhance disease and mite resistance or tolerance.

Certified free from Africanized Genetics
Certified free from Small Hive Beetle

Italian traits:

Gentle and easy to manage (a good "beginner bee")
Prolific brood producers
Highly hygienic
Good comb builders
Excellent foragers
Excellent honey producers

Your queen will arrive with attendants that care for her while she is traveling.