Making a Spring split with a mated queen is a relatively simple, cost-effective, and efficient means of creating a new honey bee colony—especially for beginning beekeepers. In an effort to support our new beekeepers in making late Spring splits, we have put out requests to two local VSH (varroa sensitive hygiene) queen breeders to procure up to a dozen mated queens. Our club will front the money for the initial purchase and members will then buy the queens from the club. If you are a new beekeeper and interested in getting a queen, please contact Ron Stilwell at 804-839-1191 or stilwellronald@gmail.com to get on the reservation list. Availability is not guaranteed, but dependent on weather and successful queen mating. The cost of each queen will be between $40 and $50, depending on the type of queen produced by the breeder.
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