Product Overview
OHB Italian Package Bees
Olivarez Honey Bees (OHB) Italian queens have good honey production, gentle nature, and strong brood-rearing viabilities. They also possess the resilience to survive the winter months in a healthy condition while maintaining a good weight, ensuring their ability to bounce back quickly during spring.
Key Features
Italian OHB bees bring their own set of special characteristics to enrich the hive environment. The following are their key traits:
- Gentle and easily manageable (a good beginner bee)
- Prolific brood producers
- Excellent hygienic behavior
- Skilled comb builders
- Superb foragers
- Excellent honey producers
- No cage exchange is necessary
See our installation guide here to help get your new Italian colony settled in.
Italian Bees
OHB has infused the Minnesota Hygienic and the VSH traits into their Italian bees, ensuring enhanced resistance and tolerance to diseases and mites.
Order and Shipping Details
Our bee packages are available while supplies last. The price includes shipping. For USPS shipping, packages will require pickup at your local post office.
We’ll contact you with a shipment date and provide tracking information once the bees are shipped. Cancellations are not accepted within 14 days of the bees’ estimated ship date.
Package bee orders are prepaid and are subject to a $10 change or cancellation fee after the prepayment has been processed.
By purchasing, you’re agreeing to our Bee Policy.
Italian Package Bees Specifications
- 3.00 lbs
- Shipped packages will ship via USPS only & will be held at local Post Office for pickup.
- An unmarked queen will be included in live bee packages.
