Raised at the Monastery from our strong, gentle, most productive and successfully overwintered Italian hives, these Italian virgins open-mate to Italian and New World Carniolan drones for hybrid worker bees that really make the honey and are frugal enough to survive our mid-summer dearth with minimal feeding.
Hot weather can cause delays in shipments. When delays happen, we will contact you with your new shipping date.
If the queen arrives dead please do this: