Mated queen

Characteristics

The mated queen is essential to any productive bee colony. A quality queen ensures abundant egg-laying, a thriving population and a productive hive throughout the season. Our selection of mated, marked queens comes from carefully selected French breeders, offering you queens with excellent genetic qualities.

Each queen is:

• Naturally mated.
• Marked according to the international colour code for the year.
• Selected for gentleness, vitality and productivity.
• Checked before shipping to ensure consistent egg-laying and excellent health.
• Delivered with several attendant bees.
• Packaged in a cage designed for gradual introduction to help the colony accept her.

You can choose from three lines recognised in the beekeeping world:

Buckfast queen

The Buckfast queen is one of the most sought-after by both professional and amateur beekeepers.

Her main qualities are:

1. Great gentleness, making handling easier.
2. Rapid colony development in spring.
3. Excellent honey production potential.
4. Very good resilience to stress and changes in weather.
5. Low tendency to swarm when properly managed.
6. Uniform, highly vigorous colonies.

This line is ideal for beekeepers seeking productive colonies that are easy to manage and yield plenty of honey.

Frère Adam queen

The Frère Adam queen comes from the renowned breeding work of the Benedictine monk Frère Adam, creator of the Buckfast line.

She stands out in particular for:

1. Excellent longevity.
2. Very consistent egg-laying.
3. A good ability to adapt to different environments.
4. A balanced population throughout the season.
5. Good resilience to varying weather conditions.
6. Consistent productivity.

This queen is an excellent choice for beekeepers seeking stable genetics with a reputation established over several decades.

Abeille Noire queen

The Abeille Noire queen (Apis mellifera mellifera) belongs to the bee native to many regions of France.

She offers many advantages:

1. Excellent adaptation to the French climate.
2. Very hardy.
3. Low consumption of winter stores.
4. Good resilience during difficult periods.
5. Excellent overwintering ability.
6. Long colony lifespan.

Abeille Noire is especially valued by beekeepers seeking a hardy local bee well adapted to its natural environment.

Benefits

Choosing a mated queen selected in France is an essential investment in maintaining productive colonies and replacing your queens.

A young queen immediately brings new energy to the hive through abundant, consistent egg-laying. The new generation of bees supports better colony organisation, a better harvest and healthy development.

This queen is ideal for:

1. Replacing an ageing queen.
2. Requeening a colony that has become aggressive.
3. Establishing a new colony.
4. Making splits.
5. Improving the genetics of your apiary.
6. Increasing honey production.
7. Encouraging a gentler colony.
8. Maintaining a strong population throughout the season.

Thanks to the cage for gradual introduction, pheromones spread slowly, considerably improving the workers’ acceptance of the new queen and reducing the risk of rejection.

Each queen is shipped with attendant bees to feed her during transport and keep her in excellent condition until she is introduced into your hive.

French selection also ensures traceability and the genetic quality particularly sought after by discerning beekeepers.

Contents

Your order includes:

• 1 mated, marked queen.
• Several attendant bees.
• 1 cage for gradual introduction.
• A queen selected from the best French lines:
  • Buckfast
  • Frère Adam
  • Abeille Noire

Each queen is also carefully checked before shipping to ensure her quality, vitality and egg-laying ability.

Why choose this mated queen?

Choosing the right queen is crucial to the success of a beekeeping operation. A queen with excellent genetics helps produce stronger, more productive colonies that are easier to manage.

When you order this mated queen, you benefit from:

• careful selection in France;
• a young, mated, marked queen;
• genetics recognised for their performance;
• delivery with attendant bees;
• an ideal solution for replacing queens, creating new colonies or improving your apiary.

Whether you are an amateur or professional beekeeper, this Buckfast, Frère Adam or Abeille Noire mated queen will help you improve the quality of your colonies over the long term. Her selected genetics, consistent egg-laying and ease of introduction make her an excellent choice for developing a healthy, vigorous and productive apiary. By investing in a high-quality queen, you encourage more balanced colonies, a better honey harvest and sustainable beekeeping based on lines recognised for their performance and adaptation to French conditions.