Looking for a Russian Queen. Anyone have an opinion on a good source?
It depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for a pure Russian from a member of the Russian Bee Breeder Assoc. I doubt that you will find any this time of year - You would have wanted to place an order for delivery now last December/January.
http://www.russianbreeder.org I have had good luck ordering from Bob Brachman of Cold Country Queens. He is sold out for this year.
If you are looking for a bee that may have some Russian in their ancestry there are lots of sources, and most likely some with availability. It is a hard fact of beekeeping that if you are looking to get "the best" of queens, packages and nucs - that you need to place your order many months ahead of when you'll know what your need is. You can always raise your own - that can be awesome experience - but time consuming too.
If you are looking for a Russian Cross look for a queen breeder who is located near you - if you have a local club, you might ask of them.