Early spring requeening, when new queens are not available.
are young queens with maternal pedigree.
Queens are available from mid-May till the end of August.
are young queens with a controlled pedigree (maternal and paternal line).
Queens are available from June till the end of August.
Controlled maternal and paternal line. Starting new maternal lines, beacuse they are daughters of top selected breeder queens.
The queen is an Agricultural-Institute-of-Slovenia certified breeder that was used as a source of breeding stock in the previous year.
We can supply nucs on Langsthroth (LR1/1 or LR2/3) with a wooden hive (LR body, top and bootom), with marked this year or last year Queen.
Package of bees include a 1.5 kg of young bees and a marked queen from this year or overwintered queen from last year.
Our bees collect honey and pollen in the pristine nature of the hills surrounding our yards. Our offer always consists of multifloral and forest honey!
Early spring requeening, when new queens are not available.
Controlled maternal and paternal line. Starting new maternal lines, beacuse they are daughters of top selected breeder queens.
The queen is an Agricultural-Institute-of-Slovenia certified breeder that was used as a source of breeding stock in the previous year.
We can supply nucs on Langsthroth (LR1/1 or LR2/3) with a wooden hive (LR body, top and bootom), with marked this year or last year Queen.
Our bees collect honey and pollen in the pristine nature of the hills surrounding our yards. Our offer always consists of multifloral and forest honey!
are young queens with maternal pedigree.
Queens are available from mid-May till the end of August.
are young queens with a controlled pedigree (maternal and paternal line).
Queens are available from June till the end of August.
Package of bees include a 1.5 kg of young bees and a marked queen from this year or overwintered queen from last year.
The Carnica honey bee has superior features appreciated by beekeepers from around the world
In the territory of Slovenia we have been breeding the autochtonous honey bee Apis mellifera carnica for centuries. Today Apis mellifera CARNICA the is the only legally permitted honey bee in the Republic of Slovenia. It is one of the world’s best-known honey bee races – named Kranjska sivka or Carniolan Bee, Carnica Biene, Krainer Biene.
We started beekeeping as a hobby a few decades ago. Today beekeeping is our lifestyle.
Away from urban noise, industry, traffic and intensive farming we manage several hundred colonies. Our yards are located on the altitudes between 400 and 650 m above sea level in the surrounding of Laško. We have been producing queens for 20 years, for the last seven years intensively for the foreign market. Our breeding technology is based on mimicking the natural reproduction of queens.
The forage at your beeyards begins in April. The honeybees are adapted to both nectar and honeydew forage.
We have been producing queens for 20 years, for the last seven years intensively for the European market and beyond. Our breeding technology is based on mimicking the natural reproduction of queens. This is why we use natural wax cups.
Apiary is under strict veterinarian control.
We breed colonies, production and purebred CARNICA queens.
We keep the bees according to the guidelines of good hygienic practise in accordance with the principles of the HACCP system. Bees colletc honey in unspoiled nature, far away from industry, cities, intensive farming and busy transport roads. The nearest larger settlement is Laško.
We breed colonies, production and purebred CARNICA queens.
Apiary is under strict veterinarian control.
Lešek Apiary breed our own bees and produces production and purebred CARNICA queens.
| for BEE QUEENS: | May – August |
| for PACKAGE BEES: | April – July |
| for FRAME NUCS: | April – July |
| for HONEY AND POLLEN: | all year |
