Ainsworth Beekeeping Co.

22/08/2024

Italian queens available this season, grafting weekly, 28/35 day cycle.
$50 1-10
$47 11-19
$44 20+

22/08/2024

Cells comming along well few stumpys that won't make the grade and will be culled out all in all happy with the take.

22/08/2024

Getting new gear ready for this seasons queens

23/08/2023

Quick vid of the mating yard, its bloody dry but the girls are still bringing in the goods.

23/08/2023

Next lot of cells in the process of being capped today. Italian queens

23/08/2023

Walking in a couple virgin's today, hoping they do well.

21/07/2023

Just a small honey pull.. got about 300 kgs out of this lot.. it's all ironbark..
As a side note I now have plenty of ironbark honey for sale. Please PM if interested

12/06/2023

Queen cell raising starts tommoro....
Italian X queens available monthly

30/04/2023

2 second vid of 1 of the queens I bred this year

30/04/2023

Small photo of my bees going forward into winter... really looking forward to next spring massive expansion planned with queen and nuc production the focus.

02/03/2023

My super simple grafting setup.. trying a new cell starter/finisher set-up this time round as advised by a couple beekeeping guru's

23/01/2023

3 beautifull mated and marked Italian queens heading off Mackay today.

Grafting weekly and taking orders, if your looking for honest queens please inbox me.

19/12/2022

Another beautiful italian queen picked and ready to work ..

06/12/2022

Starting to get some interesting colours come through in my stock.. hopefully can lock it in as standard.

A beautifully coloured queen laying well.
Located gladstone qld.
Grafting weekly

06/12/2022

A beautifully coloured queen laying well.
Located gladstone qld.
Grafting weekly

20/11/2022

Queens picked and packed ready for some local beekeepers.

Mated and marked Italian X Queens
?? Interested?? PM me

19/11/2022

Few Italian X queens getting picked today including this beautiful little lady..

18/11/2022

Few virgin's I walked into some nucs Wednesday.. first time giving it a go hope it works.

18/11/2022

Smallest swarm I've ever seen and with a virgin queen... don't know where she came from but they were hanging out on a old lid laying against a hive stand..

11/11/2022

11/11/2022

Cell builder should have enough bees in it, took a good 20 seconds for the freshly grafted frame to sink in as the bees moved.

11/11/2022

Feeding bees sucks but in the dearth times it's 💯 % essential to ensure your bees needs are met.

11/11/2022

Freshly mated Italian X queen showing mating sign.. a very special first for me.

11/11/2022

Little cuties like these, laying frames like these, good quality queens are essential to productive hives..

11/11/2022

Mated and marked queens working hard and ready to go

03/11/2022

Dad having a play in some of the nucs today.