BREEZE

Type: Carniolan Queen

DOB: May 2024 (Green)

RELATIONS: ECO (daughter), ARUKAH (daughter), BEE-TRIX (daughter), KOS (daughter).

CAUSE SUPPORTED: HOPE4 .

LENGTH OF SERVICE: June 2024 - August 2024

STATUS: Died from a Wasp raid and Varroa mite overload.

ECO

ARUKAH

BEETRIX

KOS

LIFE IN 2024

Breeze was a replacement Queen bee after BS Honey sent us a previous called: Bee-Bee. Who failed her hive induction and was killed by the Worker bees.

She took up residence in our second site where she brought in an incredible crop of summer honey.

By Autumn 2024 she and her colony were moved to our main site.

LIFE IN 2025

Breeze at the start of spring was our strongest colony. Her workers rapidly increased in numbers and she even helped a local boy in our community by amending some artwork that he placed in her hive.

With an incredibly calm temperament, we decided to make many future queens from Breeze. As we lost so many colonies over winter and it was Breeze that brought our apiary back to life by giving us so many fantastic new queens.

BREEZE’S DEATH

After Honey extraction in August 2025 her colony was showing worrying signs of a huge Varroa Mite infestation. So we went to work to try and help her but sadly in this weakened state Wasps took advantage and tore through her colony, killing almost all of her workers.

Breeze lay lifeless on her frame with one lone bee attending to her.