Dark Bee Package Bees – Station-Mated Queen

Dark Bee package bees with a purebred queen from Bienenzucht-Profi

Would you like to buy Dark Bee package bees but haven't found the right source yet? With us you get Dark Bee package bees at a fair price and of outstanding quality.

Our package bees are sent to you together with a purebred Dark Bee queen mated at a mating station. The Apis mellifera mellifera queen comes from a Dark Bee purebreeding area in Norway or Sweden. Whether you want to add the Dark Bee to your existing stock or establish a completely new bee line, our lively and resilient Dark Bee package bees are the ideal solution. Please note, however, that the Dark Bee naturally does not produce colonies as gentle as our Buckfast or Carnica bees – in return, it is hardier and stays active even in bad weather.

Ordering Dark Bee package bees online – what you receive

The Dark Bee is the bee race originally native to Germany. It was the only native bee race after the Ice Age and remained widespread in Germany until the 18th century. During this period it was then introduced to Scandinavia. Today, the best purebreeding areas are still found in Norway and Sweden, where your queen is also mated to ensure purity of the race. The Dark Bee Apis mellifera mellifera is exceptionally hardy – changeable weather and even cold are no great problem for it, as it naturally survives the Nordic winters in Norway and Sweden. When you order Dark Bee package bees, you receive:

• 1.5 kg package of bees including food in the transport container
• 1 mated queen of the “Dark Bee” race (Apis mellifera mellifera) from Norway or Sweden

The station-mated Dark Bee queen is included in the delivery and therefore arrives at the same time as the package bees. The queen is delivered in a separate introduction cage outside the package, so that she is comfortable during the overnight transport (travelling with the package, but not inside it). On arrival, you need to hive the package bees into your hive so that the bees can then develop well. Mating at a mating station ensures that you will continue to benefit from the fantastic qualities of the Dark Bee in the future.

Buy the Dark Bee as package bees

The Dark Bee is very popular with beekeepers because of its character traits. Each unit comprises approx. 1.5 kg of bees as package bees plus a Dark Bee queen mated at a mating station. The many advantages of this race are:

• High resistance to the varroa mite
• Very cold-resistant and healthy bees
• High-yielding even in changeable and rainy weather

When you buy Dark Bee package bees from Bienenzucht-Profi, you can rely on world-class quality and many years of experience. We know exactly what matters when breeding and keeping the Dark Bee – which is why we are always happy to advise you if you have any questions about our bees.

The purebred Dark Bee by express shipping

Of course, it is in our interest that our purebred Dark Bee package bees reach you safe and sound. For shipping, we therefore only use shipping boxes specially designed for this purpose, which ensure an optimal supply of fresh air and offer enough room for food. The Dark Bee queen is also transported in a small introduction cage that contains food as well as a few worker bees. This keeps stress for the whole colony as low as possible during shipping. We ship the Dark Bee package bees exclusively by overnight express. The delivery will be announced approx. 2–7 days in advance so that you can be on site at the time of delivery. We expressly ask you to be present in person to receive the Dark Bee package bees. For the welfare of the bees, it is very important that they can be taken out of the box and hived as quickly as possible. A period of confinement in a dark, cool place can be carried out, but is not essential. Before uniting the package bees with the Dark Bee queen, please be sure to remove the pheromone strip from the package. Detailed instructions on hiving package bees can be found here.

We ship exclusively to Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. For deliveries to islands, there must be a direct connection to the mainland so that the shipment can be delivered overnight. Deliveries via ferries are not possible!

The bees in the package do not have to be Apis mellifera mellifera, but may well come from other races (such as Carnica or Buckfast). As a rule, this actually improves acceptance of the queen. The queen, however, is definitely a station-mated Dark Bee, so the brood and consequently the colony will subsequently be a Dark Bee colony.