We will be opening the reservations list for spring bees and queens on Jan. 21st. Our pricing will remain the same as last year.  http://ziaqueenbees.com/ZQBprices2012.pdf NUCS:  We will have fresh season Langstroth nucs and top bar nucs* beginning in late May-early June. We are sold out of our Early Season Overwintered Starter Nucleus Colonies. QUEENS: [...]

‘Tis a new year and the bee season is creeping in upon us as the days begin to lengthen. We are looking forward to this 2011 bee season and continuing to learn and share with our bees.  We had the most bees we’ve ever had going into winter this past year and we are anxious to see how they [...]

Bee Season is approaching and we have por fin finalized our 2011 queen rearing workshop schedule. We will be adding some workshops throughout the summer on various hive mangement techniques. We will also once again be looking to sponsor the 2nd Annual Northern NM Rocky Mountain Sweet Spring Sting! Details to come….. We will be [...]

We are so excited to post  the wonderful video that Dorothee and Mark of Organic Nation TV has shared with us! For full story, visit:   http://www.organicnation.tv/blog/new-video-breeding-survivor-queenbees-in-new-mexico.html For video:   http://vimeo.com/16503652 Thanks Dorothee and Mark! You  make us seem coherent which is hard to do — Bravo!

Hello Bee Enthusiasts- spring is indeed finally here though we just had a most awful fruit blossom freeze throughout the northern NM valleys. Pretty sad since it was just starting off and it seemed as if the chilly spring weather was finally wrapping up. Fortunately, we hesitated early rearing here in NM this season due [...]

Intro to Queen Rearing Workshop June 12, 2010 at the Seeds of Change Experimental Farm in El Guique (San Juan Pueblo), we will be offering a one day workshop on Queen honeybee rearing. This workshop is for already established beekeepers. Thematic content is rather technical and suited for those who have already been keeping bees [...]