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Our bees, our pride
Over three decades ago, we began beekeeping as a hobby. Today, we can say that beekeeping is our way of life. Away from the noise of the city, industry, traffic, and intensive farming, we keep bees in pristine nature with several hundred bee colonies. Our apiaries are located at various sites between 400 and 650 meters above sea level around Laško. We have been breeding queen bees for 20 years, and for the last 13 years, we have been actively selling them on international markets. Our breeding approach is based on mimicking the natural reproduction of queen bees. The flowering season at our sites begins as early as April. Our bees are adapted to take advantage of both floral and forest forage.
We have been breeding queen bees for 20 years, the last 13. years, more intensively for the European market and beyond. Our breeding technology is based on mimicking the natural reproduction of queen bees. For this reason, we use larger capacity breeding tanks.
Premium queen bees from our own breeding program
Production queens
Purebred queens
Packages
Nucs
Second-year prod. queens
Overwintered breeder que.
Random mated production queen
We take queen bees from breeder colonies when sealed brood is present in the comb, which eliminates the possibility of selling drone (unmated) queens. During inspection, we also assess the quantity and quality of the brood – and the condition of the young queens.
Queens are available from the beginning of June to the end of August.
They are young queens with controlled ancestry on both the maternal and paternal lines.
Packages are placed in plastic transport boxes "multibox"
WITH AN OLD QUEEN
(last year’s queen) and 1.5 kg of bees in the last third of April.
WITH A YOUNG QUEEN
(this year’s queen) and 1.5 kg of bees in the first third of May.
Nucs
on LR1/1 or LR2/3
(Langsthroth) comb with this year’s or last year’s queen (Apis mellifera carnica)
or
Other comb formats by prior agreement with this year’s or last year’s queen (Apis mellifera carnica)
Second-year production queens
Overwintered production queens are descendants of top breeders, which have been approved and certified by the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia and have known maternal traits.
Overwintered breeder queens
A Story Written by Nature, Effort and Breeding Technology
We believe in traditional, sustainable beekeeping methods and are committed to preserving the health of bees and the environment. Every queen bee you buy is the result of combining exceptional quality and the immense dedication of our family.
- Authenticity and top quality of our queen bees is our priority
- Respect for the Bee: The health of the bee colony is our first priority.
- Local Responsibility: strengthening the local environment and community.
250
+Bee hives
1000
+Breeders
3000
+Queens produced annually
Quality Queen Bees and Strong Bee Colonies
Purebred queens
Second-year production queens
Packages
Random mated production queen
Nucs
Overwintered breeder queens
Premium queen bees are 10% cheaper in the first half of August
Get the chance to buy cheaper in time. The quantity of queen bees is limited!
Queen–carnica team
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