A & Z APIARIES

Now let's talk about 5 frame nucleus colonies, or "nucs" as they are commonly called. I am often asked to define my Queens as a certain strain of bees. I guess that if pressed, I would call them "Mutts" as the queens have been raised by me and open mated here in Eastern Ct for nearly 25 years. These queens are mated in areas where we strive to saturate the area with drones from our colonies, thus concentrating genetic stock from our own bees. Each spring, from over 350 of our colonies, I select the three that have wintered in the best condition here in Southern New England. The queens from these special colonies are then used to provide larvae that will become new queens... These packages contain approximately 10,000 bees, one mated Italian Queen and a feeder that keeps them fed during transport. This is the traditional manner to start new colonies, and we have a good supply of them available to pre order during the season. We are now taking orders for 2025.

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