Russian Queen Bee These Queen bees are a open mated pure Russian queen from a Intsrumentally Inseminated Russian Breeder Queen.They open mate with the drones of all of the ytpes of bees I raise here in my apiary.

We are planning to restart Long Creek Apiaries – visit often for updates. I hope that you find the information about bees and beekeeping online on this site helpful.

“The primary purpose of the corporation will be to maintain and improve the genetic lines of Russian honey bees through propagation and selective breeding.”

The Russian honeybee refers to honey bees (Apis mellifera) that originate in the Primorsky Krai region of Russia. This strain of bee was imported into the United States in 1997 by the USDA’s Honeybee Breeding, Genetics & Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in response to severe declines in bee populations caused by …

Extra, Extra, Read All About It! We want to let you know that we will NO LONGER offer the FREE service of marking our Russian honey bee queens. Industry standard is to charge for this service, but all of these years we’ve done it freely out of the goodness of our hearts until the 2016 season when we caught all kinds of flak from one customer

Hybrids vs. Pure (certified) Russians: As with any strain of honey bee, Russians will interbreed with other strains of honey bees, which results in hybrids that have the characteristics of both strains.

We are breeders of Russian Honey Bees. We have used nothing but Russians since 2001. Our queens and nucs are sourced from our Russian genetics that we …

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Foley’s Russian Bees Russian Nucs, Russian Queens, and Package Bee Sales. Located in Des Moines, Iowa. Foley’s Russian Bees sells Russian Nucs, Russian Mated Queens, 3lb Carniolan Packages begining in January of each year