PLEASE NOTE:When starting a new bee hive, you need to purchase a package of bees with a queen, not just a queen. Without the 2 or 3 pounds of worker bees, the queen will not be able to survive and will die.
All orders of 3 queens or more qualify for free shipping! Free shipped queen orders of 3-19 will be sent out through the USPS. Shipping times vary between 2-3 days, depending on your location. It has been taking an extra day longer in some instances. Orders of 20 or more queens will be shipped by UPS Next Day Air.Click here to read our Queen Honey Bees Terms & Conditions.
We can ship by USPS, UPS Next Day Air or UPS 2nd Day Air. All shipped queens are sent out at customer's risk. We can not insure queen honey bees.
We can mark queens for an additional fee of $4 each.Please let us know which color you would like to have her marked. The International Color for 2018 is red, but if you are only marking her to make it easier to spot her, you can choose whichever color you think would make her easy to find. If you want your queens marked but do not make a color selection, the current year's color will be used.
Queen honey bees cannot survive for long outside of the hive! Your queen needs to be inside of the hive where the bees can feed her and give her water. Please plan on putting your queen into your hive shortly after getting her. Please do not leave queen bees sitting on the counter overnight!
We recommend placing your queens into your hives as soon as you receive them; it is hard on the queens to leave them sitting for awhile without being inside the hive.
Queen is young, naturally mated and unmarked.
We DO NOT clip the queens wings.
We can only ship queens to the lower 48 states at this time.
Place your order online to purchase your queen honey bees. Give us a call or send us an email with any questions that you may have - we are always happy to speak with you!
Current Stock:
Availability:
Currently Taking Orders For Mid-April Shipments
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Discount per item ($33.00)
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I have ordered from lappes bee supplies a number of times and am always very happy with the service and products. I just ordered and received 3 queen bees with workers. I overnighted them. They looked healthy and ready to go into my hives. The packages were candy filled which made the release process painless.
Posted by Brian Hampton, May 19th 2018
Carni Queen
5/5
First off ordering was simple and easy. Customer service was excellent. The 3 queens arrived packaged very good and the queens were in great health. All 3 were accepted within 3 days. I looked at my frames on day 5 and fresh eggs were laid in all the open cells. They dont waste time. I'll definitely order again from Lappes.
Posted by Christopher Stankus, May 16th 2018
Queen Bee purchase
5/5
Queen promptly arrived by UPS in fine shape
Will use Lappe’s in future amd recommend to my circle of bee keepers
Posted by Fred Ziel, May 16th 2018
Queen
5/5
Queen arrived well packaged and healthy. Nicely marked for me. Ended up not needing her but able to give to my Master Bee Keeper and he placed in a nuk. She is doing well despite having gone through the gauntlet with my failed package. Tough stock! Would purchase again.
Posted by Jill S, May 9th 2018
receved queen & attendance ok
5/5
placed her in a real week hive prob. less than a pound of bees im'm feeding them they have honey & sugar water she has laid there r larve n the frames, honey & polland hope they do good ?? trying we will c
Posted by ron, May 9th 2018
Carniolan Queens
5/5
The queens were shipped as promised and arrived in good condition.
After properly introducing them to their new hives they were accepted and are demonstrating good laying properties.
Posted by Michael Bradash, May 8th 2018
Carniolan Queens
5/5
Excellent company to do business with. Ordered ten queens. I requested special handling instructions and they were happy to accommodate me. Very prompt and professional. I would highly recommend.
Posted by Michael Bradash, Apr 18th 2018
Queens
5/5
Queens arrived nicely packaged in good health. 2 of 3 are laying. 3rd one left with my bees so I can’t comment on it. Lol. Great service and communication from Lappes.
Posted by Lynn Berry, Apr 18th 2018
Queen bees
5/5
Shipped as indicated. All arrived alive and healthy. Placed in nucs right away but havent had time to check laying ability.
Posted by JRB, Apr 10th 2018
queen bee
5/5
very good service and the queen is laying like crazy
Posted by Reed, Apr 10th 2018
Queen Honey Bees
5/5
Queens arrived alive and well... very well packaged, thank you... look forward to my future shipment... couldn't be happier...
Posted by Frank, Sep 29th 2017
Carnioan queens
5/5
All queens and attendants arrived live and healthy and were easily accepted in nucs.
Posted by Alexandra Bartsch, Jul 27th 2017
Carniolan Queen
5/5
Nice big healthy looking queens that wen right to laying.
Posted by Dee, Jul 9th 2017
Queen Bees
5/5
Queens arrived on time and in great condition. Excellent delivery and customer service. I am a very satisfied customer!
Posted by George, Jul 6th 2017
Carniolan Queens
5/5
First time buyer of 3 Carniolan Queens. They arrived healthy and active a day ahead of schedule. Released into nucs and were laying nice brood pattern in days, indicating to me that rearing and mating was done correctly. Very Satisfied! Nice Queens!
Posted by George, Jun 20th 2017
Scott Meisenburg
5/5
This is the best deal I've found online for queens.
They shipped on Tuesday and arrived alive and well on Thursday, to Casper, WY.
Well packed. Thanks for a great shopping experience y'all.
Posted by Scott Meisenburg, Jun 20th 2017
Carniolan queens
5/5
My order was nicely packaged, the queens looked great, shipped just when they said. Great service.
Posted by Kurt, Jun 6th 2017
Carniolan Queen Bee
5/5
Our new queen was shipped immediately after we purchased her and received within 48 hours. We inserted her into the hive, released her a few days later and are already seeing fresh larvae. Yeah!!
Posted by Lisa Adkins, Jun 1st 2017
Queens
5/5
I purchased 5 carniola queens. They arrived on schedule healthy and ready to be place in hive. They sent a follow up email a week later from Kim to check on the order. Love that. Will absolutely buy from them again!
Posted by Teresa, May 26th 2017
Queens
5/5
Shipping was very fast(only live in the next state but still very fast). The queens arrived in great shape. Dropped them in hives and they took over and layed like crazy. Will definitely be buying more.
Posted by HLH, May 23rd 2017
Carniolan Queens
4/5
I ordered 3 queens 2 showed up alive. The one that was dead only had one attendant whit her. They shipped out another queen a sap. All are laying machines. Very pleased with outcome of everything. Thanks
