Our dry season queens are open air matted queens. They are grafted from our best performing hives and placed into our breading yards. We have drone colonies within our breading yards and orbiting drone apiaries 1-2km away to assist with drone population and genetics.

These queens are bred April - October when the weather is the best in the Top End. During this time the matting flights are easily achieved and queens are sufficiently mated. If we experience a long build up and a late wet season, dry season queens may be available into November.

Discounts apply for large orders. Contact for availability, currently sold out until July 2026

Our wet season queens are open air matted queens. They are grafted from our best performing hives and placed into our breading yards. We have drone colonies within our breading yards and orbiting drone apiaries 1-2km away to assist with drone population and genetics.

These queens are available from November - March. During these months the weather can affect the matting flights of our queens. During this time, we can’t control the weather and there is a possibility the queens may not be adequately matted resulting in lower quality queens. If we believe they haven’t had adequate mating fights due to monsoonal weather they will not be sold. This may cause delays in orders and we ask for your patience and understanding.

Discounts apply for large orders. Contact for availability.

Our 5 frame Nuplas Nucs come with a Top End Bees' mated and marked queen and 5 frames off bees. These nucs are primary used for those who have their own boxes and want some bees to fill them. We do not recommend keeping the bees in the nucs for long periods of time as space is limited for the bees and can induce swarming.

Our 9 frame Hive IQ single hives consist of a Beehive base, full depth hive body, queen excluder, 9 frames with wax foundation, a mated Top End Bees queen and plenty of bees. We use Australian company Hive IQ EPS insulated hives that have more than 6 times the insulation value of standard wooden bee hives. This matters, as the better the insulation the less energy (honey) is required for the bees to use to maintain the hives correct temperature. For more information about Hive IQ, jump over to their webiste for a look.

On request, we can also supply 10 frame plastic hives manufactured from Australian company Nuplas.

Our 9 frame Hive IQ double hives consist of a Beehive base, full depth hive body brood box, full depth body honey supper, queen excluder, 18 frames with wax foundation, a mated Top End Bees queen and plenty of bees. We use Australian company Hive IQ EPS insulated hives that have more than 6 times the insulation value of standard wooden bee hives. This matters, as the better the insulation the less energy (honey) is required for the bees to use to maintain the hives correct temperature. For more information about Hive IQ, jump over to their webiste for a look.

On request, we can also supply 10 frame plastic hives manufactured from Australian company Nuplas.

Products from the hive, including honey, will be available soon!

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