Carniolan Queen Bee Mated

We are now taking reservation for 2026 mated Carniolan queens. £5 deposit is paid to reserve your queen, the balance will be invoiced when the queens are ready. Please do bear in mind the dates are provisional and the weeks may slip back depending on the weather. As soon as we have information on dates we will email you with an update.

*If you are ordering for 4th May onwards please specify the week you would like them in the special instructions box as you check out.

Queen Qualities - Bred from lines by Pollmann, Slovenia, our Carnica queens produce bees that are very well suited to our UK climate.  They over-winter well and carry a smaller cluster of bees through the coldest periods, which is a clever strategy as this means they do not need quite as much food as some of the other breeds and strains of bees available. They have a superb temperament, we have received so many emails telling us how the Carniolan bees are a pleasure to handle and require very little or no smoke during a hive inspection.

These queens are bred by our EU breeder, they are naturally open mated and come marked. You can learn more about the Carniolan Queen as well as different queen strains here.

About Delivery & Ordering
First queens are available from early to mid April but this is heavily weather dependant. Whilst we will do our best to send the queens the week you request, we cannot always guarantee this however we do keep you informed of any delays by email and we also email when the order is dispatched so that you are aware your queen is on her way.

Delivery will be added to the invoice that we raise for the the balance due when the queens are ready, options will be as below*:

• Tracked 24 - £4.95 - no signature required.

• Guaranteed Next Day no time specified, signaurture required £8.00

• Guaranteed next day by 1pm delivery, signature required £9.50

Further advice about queen introduction can be found here. You may also consider using a queen introduction cage; this cage fits directly onto a comb with brood and increases the acceptance rate of the queens.

*Delivery costs are subject to change. Furhter information about delivery can be found here.