2026 Ontario queen, ORHBS stock

Restoration Honey Bee Company produces queens that are bred to thrive in our unique Ontario environment. Productive colonies require strong, healthy queens. Our breeding program focuses on traits that help to safeguard colonies against disease and our harsh winters.

We are enrolled in the Ontario Resistant Honey Bee Selection (ORHBS) program, meaning our breeder queens are carefully selected for hygienic behaviour and low-varroa growth, utilizing evidenced-based testing methods, carried our by a third-party source, the Tech-Transfer Program of the Ontario Beekeeping Association (https://www.ontariobee.com/ORHBS).

We also take great care in selecting hives (drone mothers) with desirable traits to surround and saturate our mating yard. In addition to hygienic behaviour and low-varroa growth, our breeding program selects for winter hardiness, quick-spring build-up, honey production, calmness (“comb stability”), and gentle temperament. Each year, we infuse our breeding program with proven Ontario stock from some of the other excellent breeders in the ORHBS program.

We have implemented instrumental insemination in our program to ensure the greatest degree of precision in stock selection, for the continued sustainability of honey bee colonies in Ontario and beyond.

Please note that livestock orders are not confirmed until payment is received. Availability is based on a conservative estimate of mating success. In the event that we are unable to fulfill your queen order, customers will have the option of receiving a full refund or postponing their order to the next available availability date.

Quantity and Price

1–9: $53.00

10-49: $46.00

50+: $42

Are you a reseller looking to retail high quality local queens? E-mail us at info@restorationhoney.ca for wholesale pricing.