A hive's engine room
Every day a colony's queen will lay 2000 - 3000 eggs. That's more than her body weight! She's definitely the most important bee in the hive. Here at Your Local Honey we know that a quality queen can make or break a colony and each season we produce some of the finest locally mated queens in the area to ensure we maintain happy and productive hives. Helping other beekeepers is important to us and we make additional queens available to the general public when available, often at short notice. We also produce queen cells on demand, grafted from the same quality stock. This can be an economical option for our larger commercial customers. Get in touch for more details to see if this option is right for you.
Our breeder queens are specifically selected for good temperament, low propensity to swarming and resistance to disease, while maintaining productivity. Calm and gentle bees are very important to us; no cranky bees or upset neighbours around here!
Here's what some of our customers had to say;
Thanks Pete ... Wow ... these would be the best [queens] we've ever had, thank you so much! Can I place an order for [xxx] queens for the next season?
(Commercial Beekeeper, NSW)
Pete, the queen is going great. Fantastic laying pattern.
(Recreational Beekeeper, Sydney NSW)
My bees are so calm now. I'm so excited as I don't need to wear gloves anymore.
(Recreational Beekeeper, Sydney NSW)
Hi Pete. I thought I should give you an update. Your queen is doing a sterling job, very calm, laying strong eggs and the hive is thriving again. Thank you.
(Recreational Beekeeper, Sydney NSW)
Pete runs our queen rearing operation and holds a Cert III in Beekeeping from Tocal College in NSW, together with professional certification in Animal Breeding and Genetics, and Artificial Insemination of Queen Bees. He has worked for some of the largest and also some of the best queen breeders and producers in Australia before taking up this opportunity to produce his own queens at Your Local Honey.
For more information or to reorder Queens please email:
NOTE: THERE IS A VERY STROND DEMAND FOR QUEENS AT THE MOMENT AND WE URGE OUR CUSTOMERS TO CONTACT US EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
