Good gentle Italian Queen. You will receive one Queen and 3 or 4 workers. For fast shipping go to summertimebees.com The queens are Italian Queens that survived the Chattooga TN Winter. Shipping is based on warm weather. Expect to ship end of April. We ask that you add your phone number we can add it to the package so the post office can call you. Please help the post office by letting them know you have a Queen Bee on the way and to call you. We guarantee live Queen only, not the workers bees. If your queen dies in transit, I will replace or refund Queen or money. SHIPPING STARTS END OF APRIL AND MAY. To help your bees accept your new queen mask her sent with sugar water place her in the Box of bees face down. the hive of bees with start cleaning the queen cage and your new queen! For tips on bee keeping log on to www.summertimebees.com and just ask. My phone number is also on that web page and I am happy to answer any questions. CALL OR TEXT for payment arrangements DO NOT PAY ME WITH PAY PAIL please.