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Carniolan Queen Bee

Availability: Stocked from April - September. Please be aware that early in the season queens are in high demand with limited supply.
Bulk Pricing: Buy in bulk and save
£38.00

Imported 2025 Carniolan queen bee, mated and marked accordingly for the year. Bulk discounts automatically applied, see below.

The Carniolan Honey bee is a subspecies of the Western Honey bee. Native to slovenia and the southern Austrian Alps. Considered to be a gentle and nonaggressive bee to work with but also having a good ability to defend the colony from pests. They are said to have a very good sense of orientation with less drifting from one hive to another. Less prone to robbing and are able to winter in smaller sized colonies conserving stores making them better adapted for areas with longer winters. They are fast to build up in the spring and work extremely well in areas with a strong spring nectar flow with early pollen. The Carniolan bee which is adapted for life in the mountains will work at lower temperatures therefore allowing them to fly earlier and later in the day.

Queen bees are sold in strict accordance with government legislation and the guidelines set by the National Bee Unit. This ensures that every queen you receive is healthy and compliant with the highest standards of beekeeping practice, please see our Sale Of Live Bees Policy. All queen bees are shipped using Royal Mail. Royal Mail is one of the only companies in the UK that handles and delivers queen bees, following all local legal requirements and safety standards. This ensures our queen bees are well looked after during transit, reaching you safely and securely.

All of our imported Carniolan queen bees are imported from an EU breeder who we have been working with for many years. All imports arrive in the UK accompanied with a health certificate, which is inspected along with the queens on arrival by the NBU. 

Bulk Pricing:

  • Buy 5 - 9 and get £2.00 off each queen.
  • Buy 10 - 19 and get £3.00 off each queen.
  • Buy 20 or above and get £5.00 off each queen.

 

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All of our queen bees are dispatched by Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1:00pm and must be signed for. This is to ensure that the queen spends minimal time in transit. 

 

Queens are dispatched in an introduction cage with several attendants to look after her on the journey. Click here to see our method of introduction. Please be aware that acceptance into your colony is not guaranteed.


 

Imported 2025 Carniolan queen bee, mated and marked accordingly for the year. Bulk discounts automatically applied, see below.

The Carniolan Honey bee is a subspecies of the Western Honey bee. Native to slovenia and the southern Austrian Alps. Considered to be a gentle and nonaggressive bee to work with but also having a good ability to defend the colony from pests. They are said to have a very good sense of orientation with less drifting from one hive to another. Less prone to robbing and are able to winter in smaller sized colonies conserving stores making them better adapted for areas with longer winters. They are fast to build up in the spring and work extremely well in areas with a strong spring nectar flow with early pollen. The Carniolan bee which is adapted for life in the mountains will work at lower temperatures therefore allowing them to fly earlier and later in the day.

Queen bees are sold in strict accordance with government legislation and the guidelines set by the National Bee Unit. This ensures that every queen you receive is healthy and compliant with the highest standards of beekeeping practice, please see our Sale Of Live Bees Policy. All queen bees are shipped using Royal Mail. Royal Mail is one of the only companies in the UK that handles and delivers queen bees, following all local legal requirements and safety standards. This ensures our queen bees are well looked after during transit, reaching you safely and securely.

All of our imported Carniolan queen bees are imported from an EU breeder who we have been working with for many years. All imports arrive in the UK accompanied with a health certificate, which is inspected along with the queens on arrival by the NBU. 

Bulk Pricing:

  • Buy 5 - 9 and get £2.00 off each queen.
  • Buy 10 - 19 and get £3.00 off each queen.
  • Buy 20 or above and get £5.00 off each queen.

 

 
Our Carniolan queen bees for sale are naturally mated - Non laying or drone laying queens will be replaced if sufficient photographic evidence is provided at our request.
 

Customer Reviews

42 Review
  • Good delivery 3

    Posted by N Grey on 28th Apr 2023

    Queen came in good condition with attendance, but a week later she had been evicted the hive was empty for any brood

  • queen bee 4

    Posted by PETER LLEWELLYN on 8th Sep 2022

    as far as the bees,thay are very good, healthy stock. but would recomend a diffrent way of postage to get the bee to the new owner quicker.

  • Queens 5

    Posted by Maria Norejko on 15th Aug 2022

    Lovely queens

  • Carniolan queen bee. 5

    Posted by Paul Roger Cuttiford on 16th Jun 2022

    Excellent service.

  • Queen bee 5

    Posted by Andrew Moore on 7th Jun 2022

    Very good no where to go now for my replacement queens Thank you

  • Carniolan queen bee 5

    Posted by Claire on 7th Jun 2022

    Super fast delivery, great service and quality bees. My second time ordering from this farm. Very helpful when ordering. Recommend.