Our Single Hive with Bees ($400) is an 8 or 10 frame hive body with a 2022 queen,  Frames are a combination of drawn comb with bees, brood, honey (nectar in various stages of ripening), pollen and frames with foundation. This single hive has a migratory top and a temporary bottom for transport only.  We provide a permanent bottom board to transfer your bees to when you set up your hive.

We have taken most of the risk out of developing a hive of bees for you and have insured that the queen is a good laying queen with a good brood pattern.  

When installing package bees there is a risk that the bees will act like a swarm and leave the hive after a few days.  With the presence of open brood the bees will not leave.  You do not need to transfer these bees into any other equipment.  This hive will expand on its' own with proper food resources.  These hives are delivered with a special top and bottom board for easy transportation with out endangering the hive of bees.  When you reach the location where you are setting up your bees just remove these two covers and place on your bottom board and put your top cover on the hive.  The frames in this hive have been arranged for optimum hive expansion.  NOTE:  You will need a second and third super as this is an actively growing hive (depending on food resources and hive management).

Package bees for sale.  SOLD OUT FOR 2023 We will offer up to 200 packages this year with an Italian queen. Queens are unmarked. Packages can be picked up in our Belen Apiary.

These packages are not a traditional package. Several years ago, we stopped selling packages because of the difficulty in handling packages and the number of new beekeepers losing theirs to swarming, overheating or other issues out of our control.

These packages are made up special. They are not in the traditional cage. We take a nuc box place one frame of honey and one blank frame in the nuc with the caged queen attached between the two frames. We then shake 3 pounds of bees into the nuc box. The bees can attach themselves to the frames and feed on the honey in transport. When you receive the packages, you can remove the plugged end and let them fly until ready to be installed. Just remove the queen and hang her into your top bar hive and shake all the bees out of the nuc into your hive. You can lay the frame of honey in the bottom of your top bar hive to feed on until your bees start gathering nectar on their own. Leave the queen caged for 3-5 days so the bees start building comb from your bars. then release her. Price on these packages will be $200.00. You can pay by check, cash, or debit/credit card. Bees will be ready middle of April to the first week of May.  We accept text messages.

Orders are taken by phone:  505-286-4843

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We accept major credit cards

REFUND POLICY

We do not offer refunds on orders of package bees, nucs or nucs in a hive .  If you are not able to pick up your bees or accept delivery we will continue to hold the bees for you in a nuc or a single hive until a time when you can take receipt of them.  If you are transferring your order to another person please send us a notice of transfer.  Remember that PACKAGED BEES, QUEENS, Nucs and Hives is dependent on WEATHER and other factors which are out of our control.