Carniolan Honey Bees

Package bees are used by beekeepers to quickly expand a bee yard for profitable beekeeping for the market, to strengthen existing apiculture colonies in the spring or to start a new apiary.

Fill your beehives for fruit, vegetable and seed agriculture pollination and to harvest honey, honeycomb, beeswax and royal jelly.

Carniolan bees are celebrated for their exceptional ability to withstand harsh winter conditions while maintaining robust colony growth come springtime.
Carniolan bees have a proven track record of outstanding honey production making them the choice for beekeepers seeking high yields and quality harvest.
Carniolan bees demonstrate impressive resistance against tracheal mites, a common threat to bee health, ensuring the longevity and vitality of your colonies. Their innate skill in comb construction further enhances hive efficiency, facilitating optimal brood rearing and honey storage.
Carniolan queen bees are renowned for their resilience, productivity, and superior genetics.
To ensure that only the finest genetic stock contributes to the OHB Carniolan bee population, bee breeding is performed through meticulous selection and advanced techniques with instrumentally inseminated breeder queens.
Carefully chosen package queens undergo open mating, fostering genetic diversity and hybrid vigor within our bee population, resulting in colonies primed for peak health and performance.

Carniolan package bees include:

• 3 lb of Italian bees.
• 1 mated and marked queen.
• can of feed for bee sustenance in transit.