Authentic carniolan Bee Queens (apis m. carnica) from Slovenia

[beequest]

i can't see your advert in the Scottish beekeeper and the SBA encourages local queen rearing so I'm afraid I've removed your advert content

Regards

Nellie.

[gavin]

Mind you, they are a good price!

Thanks Nellie, quite right.

[The Drone Ranger]

Slovenia is quite local it all depends on your definition of local

[gavin]

Better than NZ and Hawaii then?

[Mellifera Crofter]

How does one become a 'certified' queen breeder?

[gavin]

Maybe they have a scheme in Slovenia, a sort of quality assurance scheme? Slovenia itself protects the purity of its own race of bees by banning imports of other races and insisting on racial purity for a 30 km radius around its breeding stations. Then it exports these bees to other countries where the bees may be already mixed up but where at least some beekeepers are trying to keep the native type alive and productive.

[Jon]

How does one become a 'certified' queen breeder?

Reminds me of those mugs you used to get with the slogan 'You don't have to be crazy to work here, but it helps'

[Bridget]

Can anyone point me to any pictures and explanation of different bees. I'm a bit confused by Carniolian, buck fast, AMM? Etc

[prakel]

Can anyone point me to any pictures and explanation of different bees. I'm a bit confused by Carniolian, buck fast, AMM? Etc

Hi Bridget, I'm sure various books and the highly 'dependable' wiki will be offered up as suitable but you may also find it worth looking at the website of Russell Apiaries (US). They have some good information + clear photos of different races as well as their many 'own brand' hybrids. For those into AMM there's also a couple great posts by Dr. Russell himself describing the way that the original European stock has evolved as ferals across the US and his own plans for "locating and promoting genetic pockets" of amm across the country on their inhouse forum.

Not advertizing as it obviously isn't possible to import from the States.

[The Drone Ranger]

It's a bit of a nuisance Bridget I don't know of a really good one

If you find one let me know

Try Glenn Apiaries .com in google quite an interesting site with a few pics of various breeds