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Quality Mated VSH Queens                           Contact Us        

Sorry but we are booked for 2025.   We are planning to make some changes for 2026 so check back in early 2026.  

We produce a limited number of Mated VSH “Varroa Sensitive Hygiene” Queens from our Breeders or breeder Q’s from our friends at Lloyd Street Bees, Harbo Bee Company , and Cory Stevens Bee Co. These Queens will be grafted from high expressing VSH trait breeders and open mated in our isolated yards with large quantities of VSH drone source colonies. Our breeders have all scored a 4 using the Harbo testing method, which is a much more involved test than the freezing of brood/removal test or standard alcohol wash testing.  All of our mated Queens are at least 24 days old before shipping.

Order & Pricing Information

Pricing: $45 each + a flat rate overnight shipping cost of $50 to anywhere in the United States.  Queens are fragile and shipping can be unreliable, but we have had great success with Overnight UPS.  We prefer and recommend shipping to the UPS Hub in your area and picking up there, first thing in morning, usually around 9 am, which saves the trip on the hot local brown truck.

NOTE: Please do not purchase queens off of the website before contacting Smiley B. Farms to ensure availability. Please fill out the contact form to initiate an order. We ask that you include a valid shipping address, & cellphone number so we can text and keep in contact about order. At that point, we will then send you an invoice for you to pay. We will email the invoice, as well as send a text letting you know that the invoice has been sent. Keep in mind that you may have to check your spam folder! 

Click Here For The Contact Form

 

Shipping Information

If we have any additional questions we will reach out to you at the phone number provided in the contact form. This number will also be included on the UPS shipping documents so UPS can contact you when your package is ready for pickup.

Queens normally ship Monday thru Wednesday of each week by Overnight UPS Shipping ONLY. The shipping cost will be added to the subtotal after the number of queens is approved. It is our recommendation that you have your queens shipped to a UPS Regional Customer Pickup Location and have it held there for you to pick up when ready. This saves these valuable queens a trip in the very hot UPS brown vans which lack proper air conditioning. We have had great luck with this method and are typically available for pickup between 9 & 10 am so that you may get them before the temperature gets too warm!

There have been some locations that no longer allow pickup at the Regional hub but please check with your location to verify and ask for the best location for drop off if not an option.   Many times the UPS Store is one of the first deliveries in the morning and may be the next best option.