Articles
The questions we get asked, written out at length.
Antibiotics, air pollution, and winter losses in Canadian honey bees
A plain summary of a 2025 Nature Sustainability study by Dr. Brendan Daisley. Canadian beekeepers halved their antibiotic use, winter losses rose, and diesel exhaust turned out to matter more than anyone expected.
How we breed varroa resistant bees
What varroa mites do to a honey bee colony, why treatment alone is a treadmill, and how Wild Antho selects B.C. queens that keep their own mite numbers down.
How long a queen bee lives
How long a queen bee lives, how to spot her on the comb, how she declines, and when beekeepers replace her. Written by a queen breeder in the BC interior.
How to buy a nucleus colony in BC
What a nucleus colony is, how it differs from a package, when to order in BC, what to bring on pickup day, and what to do in the first two weeks at home.
What a queen bee costs in Canada
What you pay for a mated queen bee in Canada, what drives the price, what is included when you buy one from us, and why the cheap queen is the expensive one.
Ready to buy? Start at queen bees, nucleus colonies, or honey.