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Pre-Order Your Honey Bees for 2025


Pre-Orders are Now Open for 2025

 Orders will arrive near the end of April. The store you designate as your pickup location will contact you to make arrangements for picking up your bees, so please make sure the contact info on your order is correct. Final pickup details should be available 1-2 weeks before bees arrive on-site. As bees are live animals, bee packages are required to be picked up within 24 hours of their arrival. 

Italian Honey Bees & Mated Queen

3 lb. Package - $189.99

Most popular bee type to raise

Minimal swarming activity

Usually gentle-natured, can be aggressive in spring.

Forage close to home. 

Population builds quickly

Large population and good honey production

Not particularly resistant to pests

Good starter bee

Carniolan Honey Bees & Mated Queen

3 lb. Package - $189.99

Ideal for Cool Climates

Most gentle-natured

Prone to swarming activity

Still forage on cool and wet days

Forage a wide area

Population builds into early fall

Large winter colony promotes hardiness

 

Italian Live Bees & Mated Queen

3 lb. Package - $189.99

Most popular bee type to raise

Minimal swarming activity

Usually gentle-natured, can be aggressive in spring.

Forage close to home. 

Population builds quickly

Large population and good honey production

Not particularly resistant to pests

Good starter bee

Carniolan Live Bees & Mated Queen

3 lb. Package - $189.99

Ideal for Cool Climates

Most gentle-natured

Prone to swarming activity

Still forage on cool and wet days

Forage a wide area

Population builds into early fall

Large winter colony promotes hardiness


Bee Resources

Tips & Tricks for Successful Beekeeping


Guide: How to Properly Transport, Install, & Setup a Beekeeping Hive for BeginnersGuide: How to Properly Transport, Install, & Setup a Beekeeping Hive for Beginners

Bee Setup & Installation Guide

Beekeeping Blogs

How-to Videos


The Bee Necessities 

Everything You Need for a Healthy Hive



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