The Illinois Queen Initiative’s Mission Statement

To produce queens and bees that are more disease and mite resistant and have??greater survival and productivity characteristics under Illinois conditions. By producing them locally they are better adapted to each area in the state.

We seek to do this through educational programs, cooperative exchange of breeding stock, member exchange of ideas and methods of testing stock,??cooperative purchase of supplies, and promotion of Illinois-produced queens and bees to our state’s beekeepers.

Here are our constitution and by-laws to support the mission