Honey Bee NUC Reservations for 2025 

2025 NUCs Latest Updates:

Reservation Status: Reservations closed for this season. Please sign up for the waitlist below.

5 frame Nucs are coming in 2025! These are high-quality starter bee colonies ready to grow and are the best option for a successful season. Read more about our bees and reservation/pickup process below.

Details:

Nucs will consist of 3 frames of all stages of brood and fourth and fifth frame with honey, pollen, and bees. No introduction of a queen is required since she is already laying eggs and has capped brood.

• These nucs have more bees than a package (providing bees up to 6 weeks ahead) resulting in a higher success rate and more potential.
• Every nuc is evaluated to ensure our high-quality standards are met.
• The combs you will be getting have never been exposed to antibiotics. Mite treatments only when necessary
• Queens will be grafted from our stock (mostly old-world WSU and Glenn background genetics). We select for honey production, gentleness, disease resistance, and low swarm tendency.
• Italian or Carniolan available.
• Bees survive well in our dry summers and cold winters.
• Queens are never banked but are born into the nuc and evaluated after mating. Queens will be allowed to lay 3 weeks or better and all of her brood will be evaluated. She will need to have 3+ frames of excellent brood pattern to pass our standard.
• Nucs are less likely to supersede their queen compared to a 3lb bee package. She is already a proven functioning part of the new hive.
• Nucs build up bee populations faster increasing your chances of a bigger honey crop!
• All customers are welcome to check nucs before purchase.
• Nucs come in a non-returnable box.

Note: These are 9″ DEEP (9.5/8 box) nucs

Cost: $200 with Cardboard box Deposit required for reservations of 8 nucs or more (Please contact us for deposit information)
Available Mid April/early May

Due to rising operating and staffing costs, we must adjust pricing slightly for the season.  Payment due at pickup. We accept cash, money order, or cashier’s check.

Estimated current scheduled pickup locations/days:

(Pickup dates are CONFIRMED and are not expected to change unless strong weather dictates. Specific pickup times will be sent via email updates and updated below)

• Wenatchee/Omak
• Spokane: By appointment only
• Missoula: 
• Stevensville: 
• Bozeman/Butte: 

Reservations Closed for the 2025 Season.

Please Click Here to Sign up for the Waitlist

CANCELLATION POLICY

Due to time constraints and the sensitive nature of bee orders, we ask any cancellations be made no later than 21 days PRIOR to nuc pickup date. This allows us time and opportunity to work with those on the wait list to show up at the appropriate locations.

NO SHOW POLICY

Those who do not respect our cancellation policy and no show at time of pickup will be refrained from reserving nucs from us in the future. Beekeeping is a respectable craft requiring attention, dedication, and respect to the others who want to succeed in this field.

Locations We Deliver:

We have Honey bee Nuc deliveries scheduled for Washington and Montana.