OHB Golden West Package Bees

Olivarez Honey Bees is the exclusive authorized producer of Golden West queens in the United States. Golden West Queens produced by Olivarez Honey Bees (OHB) are highly valued for their unique traits and robust performance in varied conditions. Your order comes with approximately 3 lbs of bees and a young, naturally mated queen, all prepared to be introduced into their new hive. 

• CERTIFIED free from Small Hive Beetle
• CERTIFIED Africanized-free genetics

New from Olivarez Honey Bees (OHB), Randy Oliver’s Golden West Package Bees. Golden West Queens are meticulously bred to excel in key traits essential for thriving bee colonies. These queens lead their colonies with resilience and vigor, driving efficient honey production and robust brood rearing, ultimately contributing to thriving hive populations. The queens in these packages are bred from mothers selected for gentleness and productivity, and whose colonies required no varroa mite treatments the previous year. Golden West Queens are not selected based on color or pattern, ensuring that emphasis remains solely on performance and adaptability to various environments.

Key Features

Golden West honey bees offer the following standout attributes that make them an asset to any hive:

• Prioritize gentleness as its hallmark characteristic.
• Selectively bred to promote hive strength and productivity.
• Excellent Honey Production
• Prolific Brood Producers
• Increased Mite Resistance
• Open-air Mated in isolated mating yards

Check out this link to learn more about these amazing bees.

See our installation guide here to help get your new Saskatraz colony settled in.

Order and Shipping Details

Our bee packages are available while supplies last. The price includes shipping. For USPS shipping, packages will require pickup at your local post office.

We’ll contact you with a shipment date and provide tracking information once the bees are shipped. Cancellations are not accepted within 14 days of the bees’ estimated ship date.

Package bee orders are prepaid and are subject to a $10 change or cancellation fee after the prepayment has been processed.

By purchasing, you’re agreeing to our Bee Policy.

Bee Insurance

There is always a risk when shipping live animals, so Mann Lake includes insurance with the purchase of every shipped package. Any package with 1 ½” or more of dead bees spread evenly on the bottom of the package is eligible for a refund or replacement. To file a claim, simply submit a photo of the shipping label and the package showing more than 1 ½” of dead bees on the bottom of the package when spread evenly across the bottom via our website Package Bee Help. We make every effort to ship replacements, if available, on the earliest ship date possible. If we are unable to accommodate a replacement, a refund will be issued within 7-10 business days of submission.

Shipping Information

The ship date selected indicates the day your packages are processed for shipping. You will receive tracking information via email. Tracking may not show movement until Monday and your bees will arrive at your local post office for pickup by mid-week.

USPS does not handle live bees the same way as regular parcels. Tracking information can be tricky with bees.

• Orders typically reach you ahead of the USPS estimated delivery date indicated in the tracking details.
• Tracking information might not always reflect real-time updates, be fully comprehensive, or entirely precise. There's no need to worry if it seems like your package isn't moving forward.
• Tracking information is supplied by USPS. While we strive to assist, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of tracking statuses and do not have access to any tracking details beyond what is available on USPS.com.