Queen Bees

Queen Bees for 2011

Queen bees are sold out for 2011.

To place an order or if you have any questions about Ebert Honey Queen Bees, please contact Adam Ebert at (319) 430-3514.

Ebert Honey Queens

Prices are $18 per marked queen. Insured shipping is an additional $10 for USPS Priority, or $22 for USPS Express. We have found the insured shipping options the best way to deliver queens and protect your purchase.

We raise queen bees from our own production line once the weather becomes favorable here in Iowa. Queen stock is selected from our best hives that produced over 200lbs of honey. Our queen line is bred from Carniolan breeder stock that has worked very well for us.

Queen rearing is dependent on the early spring weather conditions. For this reason we plan to typically have our Iowa queen bees available after June 15th. Of course if you have any questions about Ebert Honey Queen Bees contact Adam Ebert at (319) 430-3514.

Honeybee larvae are very small, making queen grafting a challenge.

A steady hand is needed to graft the small larvae into the queen cups.

Newly grafted queen cups are inserted into a builder colony where the queen cells are built.

Here a new rack of queen cups is ready for development. The bees will continue the process by building the long queen cells over the cups.

A newly marked queen bee is ready to be inserted into a new hive.

A newly mated queen ready to begin laying eggs.