Glenn Apiaries has served the beekeeping industry for 35 years by selling queens and breeding stock from 1977 to 2012. Now we have retired and are no longer selling queens.

Russian Honeybee Breeders Association. “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 idea of a Russian Bee Breeders Association was conceived in the late 1990s. Members of the USDA Agricultural Research Service Baton Rouge bee lab and industry cooperators foresaw the value and need for such a group.

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

Quality Queen bees! Russian, Cordovan, Italian, Carniolan and Minnesota Hygienic! Breeder Queens, Instrumentally Inseminated Queen …

Member of the Russian Honeybee Breeders Association Read about them here and how to become a member. Try our Live Chat Room every Monday at 7:30PM! Lynn will log in at 7:30PM EST, answering your beekeeping questions!

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 …

Foley’s Russian Bees Nuc, Queen, & Package Bee Sales Located in Des Moines, Iowa. We accept pre-orders begining January 1st of each year for Russian Nucs, and Russian …

Breeders of Italian Honeybees, Package Bees, and Queens

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.