Looking for Carniolan queen bees for sale? At MS Carnica Queens in Slovenia, we breed Apis mellifera carnica with a focus on quality and the biology of queen development and mating.
Our breeding programme brings together selected breeding material, observation of colony performance and professional queen-rearing practices. Temperament, spring development, colony strength and honey production inform our selection.
Choose your Carniolan queen bees
Production Queen Bees
Current-season, open-mated Carniolan queens from selected maternal lines.
Best suited to: routine requeening and working production colonies.
Purebred Queen Bees
Selected maternal lines, with mating at an approved breeding station and selected drone colonies.
Best suited to: beekeepers seeking selected material for breeding programmes.
Overwintered Queen Bees
Queens retained from the previous season, including production and purebred options.
Best suited to: early-season queen replacement, by prior arrangement.
Understand the bee, then choose the queen
For the background to the subspecies and its Slovenian heritage, read Carniolan Queen Bees – Apis mellifera carnica. The category pages explain the breeding and practical differences between the options.
Ready to enquire? Current prices, seasonal availability, dispatch options and product links are kept together on the order page. Timing remains subject to mating conditions and our confirmation.