3.3 Where to Get Your Bees
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3.3 Where to Get Your Bees
There are three main sources from which people get their bees:
- package bees
- nucs and hives
- swarms
Package Bees
"Package bees" are produced primarily in southern states and California. You can obtain packages from:
- a local beekeeper
- a supply dealer
- directly from the producer; have them shipped by U.S. mail
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What Is a Package of Bees?
A bee package supplier starts with a large apiary. To make a package of bees, the producer takes frames of adult workers out of their hives and shakes them off the frames, through a funnel, and into the shipping package. To make the weight of the order, usually 3 lbs., the producer may put workers from different hives together in the same package.
A young mated queen unfamiliar to the worker bees is placed separately in a small queen cage, and that cage is placed inside the package with the workers so that they can become comfortable with her on their journey.
A queen cage with cork in the exit hole.
The queen cage is attached to the shipping crate at the top, near the feeder. Two or three worker bees are commonly caged with the queen to care for her. Queen cages are supplied with an additional food source of sugar candy.
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Removing the feeding can from an empty bee package shipping crate.
Finding a Reliable Supplier
You can find a supplier through your local beekeeping association, by researching online, or by looking in beekeeping trade magazines and catalogs.
Consider the following when choosing among vendors:
- How long have they been breeding and selling bees?
- Do they have a reputation for consistently providing healthy bees?
- Do they employ dependable shipping practices?
- Are they inspected each year by a state apiary inspector? Ask for a certificate of proof of inspection.
Removing the feeding can from an empty bee package shipping crate.
Package Bee Shipping
Package bees are perishable and should be handled with care. They are typically shipped in wooden cages measuring 6" × 10" × 16" , with wire screens on the long sides for ventilation. A can of 50% sugar syrup is included to provide food for the bees during transport. Packages are braced about a foot apart to protect them from crowding and overheating during shipment.
You should alert the post office about the expected date of arrival and should request immediate notification
Lesson List
- Bee Food Duration:
- .8 Check Your Learning Duration:
- 7. Sweeten the Deal Duration:
- 6. Be a Fair Weather Friend Duration:
- 5. Manage Swarming Duration:
- 4. Create a Local "Watering Hole" Duration:
- 3. Mean Bees Are Bad Bees Duration:
- 2. Happy Bees Are Good Bees Duration:
- 1. Fences or Hedges Make Good Neighbors Duration:
- 3.7 Bee a Good Neighbor! Duration:
- How to Deliver Food Duration:
- What to Feed Your Bees Duration:
- When to Feed Your Bees Duration:
- 3.2 What Kind of Bees Should I Get? Duration:
- 3.6 How to Feed Bees Duration:
- Approaching the Hive Duration:
- 3.5 Working with the Bees Duration:
- Regulations Impacting Beekeepers Duration:
- 3.4 Where to Put Hives Duration:
- Swarms Duration:
- Nucs and Hives Duration:
- How to Install Package Bees Duration:
- 3.3 Where to Get Your Bees Duration:
- Other Strains Duration:
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- Italian Bees Duration:
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