diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/apiculture/BeekeepingLogic.java b/src/main/java/forestry/apiculture/BeekeepingLogic.java
index e800e8226..38522d803 100755
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/apiculture/BeekeepingLogic.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/apiculture/BeekeepingLogic.java
@@ -381,11 +381,16 @@ public class BeekeepingLogic implements IBeekeepingLogic {
 		housing.onQueenDeath(getQueen());
 
 		// Princess
-		IBee heiress = queen.spawnPrincess(housing);
-		if (heiress != null) {
-			ItemStack princess = PluginApiculture.beeInterface.getMemberStack(heiress, EnumBeeType.PRINCESS.ordinal());
-			breedingTracker.registerPrincess(heiress);
-			offspring.push(princess);
+		boolean secondPrincess = this.housing.getWorld().rand.nextInt(100) < PluginApiculture.getSecondPrincessChance();
+		int count = secondPrincess ? 2 : 1;
+		while (count > 0) {
+			count--;
+			IBee heiress = queen.spawnPrincess(housing);
+			if (heiress != null) {
+				ItemStack princess = PluginApiculture.beeInterface.getMemberStack(heiress, EnumBeeType.PRINCESS.ordinal());
+				breedingTracker.registerPrincess(heiress);
+				offspring.push(princess);
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Drones
diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginApiculture.java b/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginApiculture.java
index 8abb45808..6a50de358 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginApiculture.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginApiculture.java
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ public class PluginApiculture extends ForestryPlugin {
 	private static final String CONFIG_CATEGORY = "apiculture";
 	private Configuration apicultureConfig;
 	public static String beekeepingMode = "NORMAL";
+	private static int secondPrincessChance = 0;
 	public static int ticksPerBeeWorkCycle = 550;
 	public static boolean apiarySideSensitive = false;
 	public static boolean fancyRenderedBees = false;
@@ -290,6 +291,10 @@ public class PluginApiculture extends ForestryPlugin {
 		beekeepingMode = property.value.trim();
 		Proxies.log.finer("Beekeeping mode read from config: " + beekeepingMode);
 
+		Property secondPrincess = apicultureConfig.get("beekeeping.secondprincess", CONFIG_CATEGORY, secondPrincessChance);
+		secondPrincess.comment = "percent chance of second princess drop, for limited/skyblock maps.";
+		secondPrincessChance = Integer.parseInt(secondPrincess.value);
+
 		property = apicultureConfig.get("beekeeping.flowers.custom", CONFIG_CATEGORY, "");
 		property.comment = "add additional flower blocks for apiaries here in the format id:meta. separate blocks using ';'. will be treated like vanilla flowers. not recommended for flowers implemented as tile entities.";
 		parseAdditionalFlowers(property.value, FlowerManager.plainFlowers);
@@ -1204,6 +1209,10 @@ public class PluginApiculture extends ForestryPlugin {
 		beeInterface.registerTemplate(BeeTemplates.getPhantasmalTemplate());
 	}
 
+	public static int getSecondPrincessChance() {
+		return secondPrincessChance;
+	}
+
 	private void parseAdditionalFlowers(String list, ArrayList<ItemStack> target) {
 		String[] parts = list.split("[;]+");