Carpathian Queen Bee Mated
The Carpathian bee is a joy to work with. The bees are peacefull, easy to handle with a good winter hardiness. The queen has a high egg production, with an early spring development they build up to big strong colonies in time for the main honey flow. With a moderate swarming tendency and efficient use of stores during winter. The Carpathian bee is Nicknamed "Cinderella" due to its quiet, perseverance and dedication to work.
The Carpathian queens originate from the Carpathain Mountains in Romania. All our Queens are F1's and are naturally open mated and come marked in a queen travel and introduction cage with attendant workers.
You can learn more about the Carpathian Queen as well as different queen strains here.
About QUEEN posting:
You are ordering for a week commencing date and our Queens are normally posted on Wednesdays*, we can delay and post later in the week, just make a note in the special instructions box as you go through the check out.
Whilst we will do our best to send the queens the week you request, there may be times when, due to poor weather, that we have a delay or have to offer you an alternative race.
Dispatch of your order will be notified by email so you know your order is on it way to you.
*We do email you on Tuesday to confirm dispatch date for the week.
Delivery options
- Tracked 24 - £4.50 - no signature required.
- Guaranteed next day delivery - £8.00 - see NOTE below
NOTE - Guaranteed next day means you will get your queen the day after we post it not the day after you order it. It is also a service you need to sign for or the post man will take it back to the depot.
Please see our delivery information page for more information regarding the delivery of live bees.
A queen that is found dead on arrival will only be replaced if we are contacted immediately on the day you receive it, either by email or telephone. We may request you return it to us, replacement will not be made if the cage as been opened or tampered with. We will replace a dead queen once only, no refunds will be offered.
Please see our delivery information page for more information regarding the delivery of live bees.
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.
