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Fairy Tale Queens offers fresh local honeybee Queens for sale over-the-counter in Colesville, Maryland. You can buy Queens, take them back to your bee yard, and put them in your colonies the very same day. Our Queens are raised and bred in Montgomery County, Maryland. Queens raised locally from selected survivor stock in the mid-Atlantic region are better accommodated to local conditions than Queens raised for national distribution in other geographic areas.
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Where are the queens?
At Heyser Farms, 14526 New Hampshire Avenue (Rt 650), Silver Spring, Maryland 20904, an all-year farm stand. Heyser's is open Monday through Saturday. Queens are in standard cages in a climate-controlled incubator. Pay by cash or credit card (no checks). Map and Directions. While you're there, check out the produce and other items...
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The picture above is an actual photo of the Queens available at the date and time written along the bottom of the photo. [No telling what image will be there during this website construction period!] Updates to the photo are posted to this website automatically every hour during business hours. Your browser will refresh periodically.
If you need more than a few Queens, please e-mail ahead of time to queens@fairytalehoney.com. Queen cells are also available for purchase by experienced beekeepers.
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The Queens are available for sale when Heyser Farms farm stand is open, Monday through Saturday. Hours vary by season--approximately 9 or 10 AM to 6 or 7 PM.. Call Heysers at (301) 384 7859 if in doubt.
1. Drive into Heyser Farms using one of the two entrances: off New Hampshire Ave., route 650, or off Bonifant Drive.
Here's the view coming north on New Hampshire Ave.
2. Park near the farm stand. 
3. Look up the entrance road toward New Hampshire Ave. 
4. Walk to the white shed and the thing next to it that looks like a beehive. This contains the incubator where the Queens are.
5. REad the instructions on the the door on the side of the hive, press the button to light the light, select your Queens and take them out of the incubator.
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6. Take your Queens to the farm stand and pay at the counter. The price is on the cage. Cash or credit card. Checks are not excepted.
That's it!
If the temperature or humidity of the incubator are out of range, or anything else seems to be amiss, please tell the person at the counter at the farm stand.
If you are not sure how to put your Queen into your colony. Here's some advice.
Selection and mating of fairytale Queens.
These Queens are of mixed origin and are bred from mother Queens selected from the best of our 40 hives. Candidate Queens are rated and grafts are made from the best. Our bee yards are not far from one another and we maintain them as separate genetic pools so that there are diverse drones to mate from. We are also working closely with the beekeepers in our area to develop a strong genetic pool in our area.
Contact
queens@fairytalehoney.com
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