Nucs, or nucleus colonies, are small honey bee colonies created by splitting larger colonies in March and pickups will be in Late March or Early April. (Exact Dates TBD, based on weather.) Nucs will have 5 deep frames with bees, 4 with bees and brood of various stages, pollen, honey, 1 deep frame partially drawn foundation, and a 2022 over wintered queen. $10 if you want a marked queen. (We only personally use white, just because it is super easy to see).

Early spring we rip everything apart and do a round of walkaway splits, to make sure we don’t narrow our gene pool by giving all of any hive away. The vast majority re-queen successfully. For those that don't, we have endless options of things to combine them with, or give them another frame of eggs/open brood to try again.

The queens from the original hives go out first in the sale nucs at the end of March/Super Early April. $220 for one. $210 for 3 & up. $50 non-refundable deposit required to hold your hive. You need to bring woodenware and we will transfer them into your equipment at that price. Or add $10 and we hand them off to you in a waxed cardboard nuc box. Queens are not marked, but can be for $10 ea. I typically just use white, as that is super visible.

Alternately, you can get a later nuc from a new queen, typically late April/ Early May. $180 for those. $170 for three and up. $50 non-refundable deposit required to hold your hive. You need to bring woodenware and we will transfer them into your equipment at that price. Or add $10 and we hand them off to you in a waxed cardboard nuc box. Queens are not marked, but can be for $10 ea. I typically just use white, as that is super visible.

If you get any frames labeled "No wire", this is what that means. The bees were allowed to do whatever they wanted with that frame. No foundation, and thus not a good idea to extract this frame down the line, as it will blow out and make a mess. Alternately, this frame could be moved above the brood nest and you could make cut comb honey from it.