Our Queen Bees

We put a lot of effort, research, pride and time into our queen bees.

We have an extremely diverse range of Instrumentally Inseminated Breeder Queens with a focus on production, commercial viability, temperament, diversity and Hygienic Behaviour as our primary selection.  We are far from perfect but we try damn hard to always give high quality queens.  

We produce High Quality Commercial grade queens - The best in Australia

With class leading results and timing for pin testing and unhealthy brood odour assay selection backed by Australia's leading insemination technician - the results have to be experienced to be believed.  the three links below show our hygienic testing and collaboration to make this possible.

Unhealthy Brood odour assay - www.opterabees.com

Bee Genetics- www.beegenetics.com.au

weimar pin test - www.pin-test.com/en/

Our SBGMI pin test video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd-cGwmMptw

All F1 queens are direct daughters of instrumentally inseminated breeder queens - 

Guaranteed Live and good condition delivery Auspost Express and only high Quality irradiated Honey candy is used.  Automated Auspost tracking and emails.

All Prices are including GST.

HIGH UBEEO Queen (Breeder) - open mated - $10k - you take full responsibility for install not replaceable - pickup only 

 F1 Selected Breeder $850 inc gst and post - The most hygienic breeders in Australia 

 F1 28+ days old - $65 (1-2) / $60 (3-5) / $55 (5-10) / $50 (10-19) / $48 (20-29) / $46 (30-49)

 + $25 Express Post and pack per order

 Box of 54 Queens -$2350 inc GST and Post -  just $43.51 inc GST each

No queens are replaced for install issues that you have - you need to take responsibility for it.

Text message only 0419663297 or email rockhamptonbees@hotmail.com

Provide - Name, email, mobile phone and address of you nearest post office for you to collect from and the number of queens and your preferred Monday for send -i will do my best to accommodate.

Unfortunately, I cannot take phone calls for queens or any other queries - I am a sole operator and my time is precious.

We carry a wide variety of instrumentally inseminated stock from the best Hygienic queens derived from the hort innovation Arista bee research vsh importation and built on using Commercial Australian stock and our collaboration and contribution to Bee Genetics. We pride ourselves on the diversity of instrumentally inseminated lines we carry, produce from and use as drone stock.  The key to truly great queens is diversity of great genetics with less susceptibility to pest and diseases..  Our yards are all worked with just a veil, we pride ourselves on reasonable calm bees and vastly superior honey gathering abilities.  any undesirable genetics are culled quickly to avoid contamination of the superior breeding stock we carry.  There is no comparison.

Our queens are raised only by grafting

We only sell 28+day Queens - this is scientifically proven to increase acceptance rates and lower supercedure rates - study available on the training page www.rockhamptonbees.com.au/training/ - . Try some for yourself witness the difference and the increase production of a productive F1 queens that is less likely to supercede. 

Experience the superior quality that we have to offer using vastly superior techniques, methods, procedures that we use.

2 things you pay for with queen bees - the genetics are number one and the age of queen/catch cycle timing!!

Absolutely the best quality queens at the best price we can without compromising the quality. 

With Express Australia post times from our location we pack our bees with the utmost care in genuine jzbz cages for quick secure reliable transport. 

We post in NSW, QLD - just follow our instructions and details when ordering and make sure you contact your local auspost store for pickup options before ordering - BEE Prepared they will have after hours pickup options.   for ordering to be sent on dates. text only 0419663297 or rockhamptonbees@hotmail.com Name email post office address and mobile phone are required - number of queens and monday to send to you is advisable as well - we will let you know suitably but bookings are well into the future.

This sort of quality isn't expensive it's priceless