The Queen Bee: Truchas Company Is One of 35 Queen Producers Nationwide

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(SUNfoto by George Morse) Mark Spitzig, of Zia Queen Bees in Truchas, quiets a bee colony with a few puffs from his smoker July 4 in preparation for checking the hive. Zia raises about 3,000 queen bees and ships them all over the country, in addition to providing bees for pollination and selling honey. Spitzig and partner Melanie Kirby have operated Zia for three years.

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By George Morse
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Bees swarmed over the hive as Mark Spitzig took it apart July 4, but he didn’t feel threatened and suffered no stings.     He finally spotted a queen in the third frame. Sticking his finger into the middle of a…

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