We believe that purchasing a Nucleus Colony (or, as beekeepers call it, a “Nuc”) is by far the best way of purchasing a colony of bees to begin with. We highly recommend this over purchasing package bees that are notorious for absconding, or catching feral bees which can end up being overly aggressive and ruin your first experience with beekeeping.

The 5 Frame Nucleus Colonies we sell include an established colony of bees with a good, laying queen from a certified queen breeder, at least three frames of brood in various stages, at least one frame of pollen and nectar, and a frame of foundation that the bees are expanding upon.

These Nucleus Colonies are sold in a plastic Nuc box and are ready to be installed into a full 8 or 10 frame hive body.

Pickup is Saturday, June 22 at 8 a.m. at 4620 40th Ave N. St. Petersburg, Fl 33714

Nucleus Delivery and Installation Service is also available in the Tampa Bay area for $50. To arrange delivery and install date call Josh at 727-560-4678.

We start working on Nucleus Colonies a month and a half before pickup date and have a lot of costs invested. We do not offer cancelations or refunds for Nucleus Colony orders. No refunds will be available for no call, no shows on day of pickup. We have a lot of time and transportation invested in making sure nucleus colonies are strong and ready to be transferred into full size equipment on day of pickup. If they are not picked up we need to transport them back to apiary and split or put into full size equipment immediately. This extra work and transportation makes it unprofitable for us to reschedule pickup.