welcome to
queen
Carnica
welcome to
queen
Carnica
In the territory of Slovenia we have been breeding the autochthonous honey bees, Apis mellifera carnica, for centuries. Today is Apis mellifera CARNICA the only legally authorized bee in the Republic of Slovenia and it is one of the world’s best-known bee - named as Kranjska sivka or Carniolan Bee, Carnica Biene, Krainer Biene.
At the breeding station QUEEN CARNICA Beekeeping LEŠEK we’ve been breeding the 100% pure Apis mellifera CARNICA QUEENS intensively 20 years and we are proud of more than 300 bees families, which enables us to have a large quantity of first-class breeding material.
we offer:
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RANDOM MATED QUEEN
CARNIOLAN HONEY BEE is hard working + peaceful bee
- RANDOM MATED QUEENS
are young virgin queens whose line is known from their mother’s side.
Virgin queen bees are open mated at our mating stations, surrounded only by 100% Authentic Apis Mellifera Carnica colonies.
- Queens are available from mid-May till the end of August.
+ has rapid and intensive spring development
The buyer receives a rendom mated queen with escorts bees in the transport queen mailing cage. The queen is marked with color – numeric disc in the color of the year of birth. The buyer also receives an invoice, an printout from the herd book – proving the purity of the queen and veterinary Health certificate, which is a mandatory attachment of each nut sent and applies to all ordered nuts in the package.
+ and consumes less winter food supplies
Queens are sent to your address by mail accordance with the agreement.
The price of the radom mated queen is 16 €, the buyer also covers the shipping costs (according to the price list of the Postoffic of Sovenia) and the issue of a Health certificate of 16 €, which is a mandatory attachment to all sent queens.
*Our breeding technology based on mimicking the natural reproduction of queen bees. All our bees and queens are under regular state veterinarian control. In the treatment of varroa, we use exclusively the sustainable medicines-acid.
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SELECTIVELY MATED QUEENS
- SELECTIVELY MATED QUEENS
are young virgin queens of controlled origin in both maternal and paternal line.
Virgin queen bees are open mated in drone controlled environment at Lucka Bela breeding station on which the drone breeds Agricultural Institute of Slovenia.
- Queens have high productivity and can be used to make new nucs or drone lines.
- Queens are available from early June to late August.
The buyer receives a selectively mated queen with escorts bees in the transport queen mailing cage. The queen is marked with color – numeric disc in the color of the year of birth. The buyer also receives an invoice, an printout from the herd book – proving the purity of the queen and veterinary Health certificate, which is a mandatory attachment of each nut sent and applies to all ordered nuts in the package.
Queens are sent to your address by mail accordance with the agreement.
The price of the selectively mated queen is 50€, the buyer also covers the shipping costs (according to the price list of the Postoffic of Sovenia) and the issue of a Health certificate of 16€, which is a mandatory attachment to all sent queens.
*Our breeding technology based on mimicking the natural reproduction of queen bees. All our bees and queens are under regular state veterinarian control. In the treatment of varroa, we use exclusively the sustainable medicines-acid.
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PACKAGE BEES
+ is gentle and not aggressive bee that rarely sting
Package bees include a 1.5 kg of young bees with marked this year or overwintered Queen.
All our bees and queens are pure Carnica (Apis mellifera Carnica).
*Carnica bee is the only bee race allowed to be bred in Slovenia, as it is protected by law as an indigenous Slovenian species.
Packages are available from late April till the mid of May.
Packs are put into bee friendly plastic boxes »multibox« with food and with queen in plastic introduction cages.
You collect packages at our address which allows you to check their condition.
Multibox is not included includet in price! 20€ the payment is returned to the buyer if he send us back multibox.
*All our bees and queens are under regular state veterinarian control. In the treatment of varroa, we use exclusively the sustainable medicines-acid.
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FRAME NUCS
We can supply frame nucs on Langsthroth (LR1/1 or LR2/3) or Dadant Blatt (DB) wooden honeycomb (LR body, top and bootom), with marked this year or overwintered Queen.
All our bees and queens are pure Carnica (Apis mellifera Carnica).
*Carnica bee is the only bee race allowed to be bred in Slovenia, as it is protected by law as an indigenous Slovenian species.
Packages are available from mid April till mid of May.
Frame nucs are available in our new wooden hives or in our used frankenbeuten styrofoam hives.
You collect frame nucs at our address which allows you to check bees and queens condition.
*All our bees and queens are under regular state veterinarian control. In the treatment of varroa, we use exclusively the sustainable medicines-acid.
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HONEY
Slovenia is one of the most green + forested countries
Our bees colletc honey in unspoiled nature, far away from industry, cities and busy transport roads.
We always offer floral and forest honey!
Depending on the season we also offer acacia, chestnut and linden honey.
Honey is pour from the virgin biological honeycomb to a 30 kg plastic barrel.
We can send you Honey by post. Transport costs are not included in price!
*Honey is pre-screened at the reference laboratory. If you want we can send you a sample.
*All our bees and queens are under regular state veterinarian control. In the treatment of varroa, we use exclusively the sustainable
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PRICE LIST
*HONEY BEE QUEENS
- RANDOM MATED QUEEN
are young virgin queens whose line is known from their mother’s side.
Queens are available from mid-May till the end of August.
Virgin queen bees are open mated at our mating stations, surrounded only by Authentic Apis Mellifera Carnica colonies.
*The buyer receives a rendom mated queen with escorts bees in the transport queen mailing cage. The queen is marked with color – numeric disc in the color of the year of birth. The buyer also receives an invoice, an printout from the herd book – proving the purity of the queen and veterinary Health certificate, which is a mandatory attachment of each queen sent and applies to all ordered queens in the package.
16€top
seazon of sale: MAY - AUGUST
*PACKAGE BEES AND FRAME NUC
- package bees
1.5 kg of young bees with Queen
85€New
- 1 frame nuc LR 1/1
your hive
14€
- 10 frame nuc LR 1/1
your hive
125€
- 10 frame nuc LR 1/1
our new wooden hive (body, top and bootom)
170€
- 11 frame nuc
our used frankenbeuten styrofoam hive
180€New
seazon of sale: APRIL - MAY
- SELECTIVELY MATED QUEEN
are young virgin queens of controlled origin in both maternal and paternal line.
Queens are available from early June to late August.
Virgin queen bees are open mated in drone controlled environment at Lucka Bela breeding station on which the drone breeds Agricultural institute of Slovenia with contractors.
*The buyer receives a seelectively mated queen with escorts bees in the transport queen mailing cage. The queen is marked with color – numeric disc in the color of the year of birth. The buyer also receives an invoice, an printout from the herd book – proving the purity of the queen and veterinary Health certificate, which is a mandatory attachment of each queen sent and applies to all ordered queens in the package.
50€top
seazon of sale: JUNE - AUGUST
*honey
- floral honey
for 30kg package of honey
180€New
- forest honey
for 30kg package of honey
180€
- acacia honey
for 30kg package of honey
180€
- chestnat honey
for 30kg package of honey
180€
- linden honey
for 30kg package of honey
180€
seazon of sale: ALL YEAR
kontrola matičarja v pozno zimskem času
control of the breeding bee family in winter
kontrola matičarja na živalnost in mirnost
control calmness of the breeding bee family
priprava starterja
priprava starterja
formiranje plemenilnikov na terenu
queen mini mating nucs at the breeding station
dodajanje osnov matičnikov na poliranje
preparing starter colonies for polishing queen cells
dodajanje osnov matičnikov na poliranje
preparing starter colonies for polishing queen cells
dodajanje osnov matičnikov na poliranje
preparing starter colonies for polishing queen cells
kontrola kakovosti sprejetih matičnikov
queen cells quality control
kontrola kakovosti sprejetih matičnikov
queen cells quality control
kontrola kakovosti sprejetih matičnikov
queen cells quality control
kontrola kakovosti neoplojenih matic
quality control of virgin queen bees
kontrola kakovosti neoplojenih matic
quality control of virgin queen bees
kontrola kakovosti neoplojenih matic
quality control of virgin queen bees
kontrola kakovosti neoplojenih matic
quality control of virgin queen bees
dodajanje zrelih matičnikov in kontrola izleganja
adding queen cells to nucs
dodajanje zrelih matičnikov in kontrola izleganja
adding queen cells to nucs
pobiranje oplojenih matic v transportne matičnice
catching mating queens in transport cages
pobiranje oplojenih matic v transportne matičnice
catching mating queens in transport cages
pobiranje oplojenih matic v transportne matičnice
catching mating queens in transport cages
oplojene matice pred transportom do končnega naročnika
queen bees are packing for a new owner
oplojene matice pred transportom do končnega naročnika
queen bees are packing for a new owner
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GALLERY OF QUEEN BEE breeding
+ our breeding is based on imitating natural processes
We have been breeding queen bees for the last 20 years. In the last 7 years, also more intensively for customers throughout Europe and beyond.
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BEEKEEPING SEASON GALLERY
+ the grazing environment of our bees is unspoiled nature
Away from city noise, industry, roads and intensive agriculture, we beekeeping in unspoiled nature with more the a few hundred bee families. We have grazing stands at fifteen locations at an altitude of between 400 and 650 meters above sea level in the vicinity of Laško. The grazing period on our stands begins in April. Bees are adapted to high and low temperatures. They take advantage of both flower and forest pastures.
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people say about us
people love our CARNICA bees and their honey!
From the breeding station Queen CARNICA I have some bee families whose quality really stands out. More than satisfied. Thank you!
Top honey! I recommend forest honey!
Ich habe die bienen in gutem zustand erhalten, vielen dank.