Latshaw Carniolan x Italian Hybrid Queen

2026 Newly Mated Latshaw Carniolan x Italian Hybrid Queens.

Summary:

• Open‑mated Latshaw Carniolan x Italian Hybrid Queen.
• Marked white (2026) — marking included.
• Ships to the continental USA via UPS Next Day Air.
• Limited availability: we produce only small batches of queens starting the week of Mar 24, 2026.

Shipping:

• We ship queens UPS Next Day Air only to reduce time in transit.
• Shipping cost is added at checkout.

• Guaranteed to arrive alive.
• Any DOA must be reported within 24 hours of delivery with a clear photo of the queen in the cage.

Open Mated in our Georgia Apiary.

Verified Laying.

All Mated Queens will be marked White for the current year. 

Licensed and Inspected Commercial Apiary.

Our Latshaw Carniolan x Italian Hybrid Queens have been open-mated in our Georgia Apiary. We keep an abundance of hearty drones from our most productive queens available to mate our Virgin Queens. These Queens are vigorous and gentle. They build up faster than Italians. They have less of a swarming tendency than the Carniolans. They will build robust honey-producing colonies. 

Our Queens are never banked.

Characteristics:
- shows strong disposition to breeding and very prolific.
- excellent housekeeper (which some scientists think might be a factor in disease resistance).
- uses little propolis.
- excellent foragers.
- superb comb builders.
- covers the honey with brilliant white cappings.
- shows lower swarming tendency than other Western honey bee races.

Queen Bee Shipping:

If you are ordering for two different dates, please order them on separate orders. There will be two shipping charges, as they will be shipping on two separate dates.

Due to Postal Service changes all Queen Shipments are by UPS Next Day Air only. UPS Next Day Air offers the fastest delivery and better service. Please make sure someone is home to receive the shipment and care for the queens.

You will be notified when the label prints and have the tracking number so you will know when to expect your queens. They will come in a queen cage, escorted by a few worker bees. This cage is designed to both keep her calm and cool in transit and to help slowly introduce her to your colony of bees.

WE MUST HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOR THE SHIPPING LABEL.

Queen Introduction Instructions:

The queen(s) that you will receive are in a combination shipping and introduction cage. There is no need to remove the worker bee attendants. This cage provides food (white sugar candy) during shipment which also acts as a “timed-release” barrier for your hive bees to eat through, allowing several days of pheromone adjustment.

The hive to receive the queen must have no queen or queen cells already present. Ideally, the hive should be queen-less for at least 24 hours prior to introduction. Be sure to cut down any queen cells that may have developed.

The cage should be placed in the middle of the brood nest (if no brood is present, place it in the middle of the cluster). Position the cage between two frames, so that the candy end points up and the screen is not blocked. Squeeze the frames around the cage to firmly suspend it, any damage to the comb will be repaired by the bees when the cage is removed. Make sure the hole at the candy end is not blocked. Note: If 10 frames are used, one frame may have to be removed to accommodate the cage.

The bees in your colony will chew through the candy and release the queen within a few days. Carefully check after three days to ensure the queen has been released. The colony should be disturbed as little as possible for the next two weeks while the queen establishes her brood nest.

US SALES ONLY.

All Mated Queens will be marked.