Will Have A Few Queens For Sale From Survivor Stock In 2020

Today I went through my hives looking to see how well they were doing. In September of 2019 I had 14 colonies. Five of those colonies were very late splits I had done in August and September that never did thrive. As it stands I have 9 colonies, but two of those colonies were queenless as I inspected them today. I gave both of those colonies a frame of brood and the bees that were on the frames. I'll check those colonies in 10 days to see if they made a queen.
I will be trying my hand at selling a few queens this year. Just a few. If you are interested in buying some queens I will be posting on my facebook page when they will be available. The page is West Louisiana Bee Farm.
Why would you want to purchase the queens I'll be raising?  First of all I never treat my bees with chemicals or essential oils. I never medicate. I never put anything in the hive other that frames, wax, and some plastic foundation. All of my bees are from wild caught swarms and bee removals from homeowners. My bees are considered local mutts, but this only means that they have adapted to the hot summers, high humidity, and extremely damp winters here in west central Louisiana. These are tough bees!
Another reason you will want to consider my queens is that they will not be mass produced, but each queen will come from her mother"s colony, selected and raised by her sisters, is the victorious queen of the "new queen war", mated with local feral bees, and allowed to lay eggs for at least two weeks before being sold. This is a more natural process proven to create much better queens.
One more reason to consider West LA Bee Farm Queens, there are many other beekeepers in the local area that keep VSH (varroa sensitive hygene) bees. Although there is no guarantee that my queens have in the past or will in the future mate with the local VSH drones, there is a high probability that they have and will.
So there you have! Go to our facebook page and follow if you are interested in adding West Louisiana genetics to your apiary. I will post when there are queens ready, and the first person to respond via Messenger will have first chance at the queens.
Thanks for stopping by! Happy beekeeping!!