For Queen Breeders

Raise Queens That Stand Apart.

Supplying Findable Queens helps your customers improve work efficiency

Gatekeeper — early queen mating detection technology helps you improve efficiency

The difference you deliver

Findable Queens vs Regular Queens

What your customers gain when they buy a Findable Queen from you.

Regular queen
5–10 min to locate per inspection
Experienced eye required
Risk of accidental harm during search
Stressful hive disturbance
No instant confirmation queen is present
Splits in a 7-day window
~20 splits completed
vs
Findable Queen ✓
Located in seconds, every time
Any staff member can do it
Precise retrieval, minimal hive disturbance
Instant confirmation queen is present
Full team can participate in inspections
Splits in a 7-day window
50+ splits completed

During the critical 7-day splitting window, beekeepers with findable queens can locate and split significantly more hives — reducing the risk of missing any hive in the window and maximising the technologyivity of the split season.

Benefits to you

Why Offer Findable Queens?

Crowning queens at birth opens a new revenue stream, builds your reputation, and costs you almost nothing extra.

Premium product

Findable Queens are a differentiated, higher-value product. As findable queens become the new standard, being an early supplier positions you ahead of the curve.

Earn on every tag

Every time one of your customers buys replacement tags, you earn a 10% royalty.

10% royalty on all tags sold

Make your customers' lives easier

Beekeepers who buy your queens gain a meaningful operational advantage — faster inspections, less stress, more efficient splits. That reputation brings them back to you.

Higher value per queen sold Recurring royalty income Stronger customer loyalty Minimal extra work at rearing Full training provided at no cost
Simple process

How to Crown Queens at Birth

Tagging requires no specialist skill and adds minimal time to your existing rearing process. We provide everything you need and train your team at no cost.

1

Queen emerges

Crown immediately at birth before the queen is introduced to the colony.

2

Apply the Crown

Use the specially designed tweezers to place the micro-chip on the queen. Tags come pre-coloured in the season colour — no painting needed.

3

She's ready

The Crown is permanent and will not fall off during the queen's entire lifetime. No maintenance, no replacement. Your customer gets a queen they can always find.

4

Dispatch as normal

Findable Queens are dispatched exactly as you do now. The Crown adds no extra handling or packaging requirements.

New product

Introducing Gatekeeper™

A revolutionary sensor placed on virgin queens that detects whether the queen has left and returned from her mating flight — and notifies you instantly. No more waiting 2 weeks to find out if mating was successful.

Mating flight detection

Gatekeeper detects when the queen departs and returns, giving you real-time status without opening the hive.

Instant notification

Know within hours whether your virgin queen has mated — not two weeks later.

Reduce losses

Identify failed matings early. Requeen immediately rather than losing weeks of production time.

Scale your operation

Monitor dozens of virgin queens simultaneously without constant manual checking.

Ready to offer premium findable queens?

Get in touch to discuss tagging your queens for the 2026 season.

Orders for the 2026 season close mid-August — enquire now.

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