# queen honeybees — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For queen honeybees, carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is domestic mail - air or surface transportation; conditions is May be shipped via air or surface transportation; each mailpiece shipped via air is limited to one queen and eight or fewer attendant honeybees; must be plainly marked 'Live Queen Bees', recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** queen honeybees
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail - air or surface transportation _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** May be shipped via air or surface transportation; each mailpiece shipped via air is limited to one queen and eight or fewer attendant honeybees; must be plainly marked 'Live Queen Bees' _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Queen Honeybees: May be shipped via air or surface transportation. Each mailpiece shipped via air transportation is limited to one queen and eight or less attendant honeybees.

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_009.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).