{"product_id":"queens-italian-june-3-2026","title":"Queens Italian June 12, 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003eItalian Queen from Olivarez Honey Bees Apiaries.  My experience with these blond bees is they produce a lot of brood and have a super calm personality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePickup in Mount Vernon Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese queens are mated and marked.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMessage from OHB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItalian queens form the backbone of OHB. We choose our breeder queens based on the hive's performance in honey production, gentleness, brood-rearing viability, and overall ability to overwinter healthy and heavy. In addition, OHB has worked with the \"Tech Transfer Team,\" developed by world-renowned entomologist Marla Spivak, since before its official launch in an effort to identify and maintain desirable traits in our current stock. We've infused the \"Minnesota Hygienic\" and the \"VSH\" traits into our Italian stock, in an effort to enhance disease and mite resistance or tolerance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOHB queens are Certified free from Africanized Genetics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOHB is Certified free from Small Hive Beetle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"My Bee Supply LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45091978215493,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2460\/1087\/files\/cordovan_fbb99807-a398-427f-ae50-0c8b9e004197.jpg?v=1684788961","url":"https:\/\/mybeesupply.com\/products\/queens-italian-june-3-2026","provider":"My Bee Supply LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}