Ames Farm

Bee Nucs Minnesota 2024

Tentative Available Date
 
$185.00
 

Varroa Sensitive Hygiene ( VSH)  Honey Bees for Sale pickup in Watertown Minnesota. Ideal for beginning beekeepers!  

Each nuc contains Four Deep Langstroth style frames of honeybees and capped brood with a new recently mated, laying VSH queen bee and plastic feeder in a recyclable plastic Pro Nuc Box

We use breeder queens from our friends at VP Queens that are the main queen breeders of VSH honeybees in the USA. So these are F1 hybrids that express the VSH traits quite well.  

Varroa Sensitive Hygiene is a behavior that can be selected for in honeybees where they open capped brood that is infected with mites ending their reproductive cycle 

All of our nucs are started with queen cells and will have been laying 4-5 weeks by the time they are available for pickup.

You provide the hive bodies, stand, covers and the skill.

 We do not ship bees, because these are not package bees. You pick the nuc box up from our apiaries in Spring 2024 around 5/10/24 or a later option 6/15/24 near Watertown, Minnesota.

Why buy a package of bees and hope the queen eventually lays, when you can buy a nuc that has a laying queen and capped brood? None of these bees will have gone to almonds. They are wintered in East Texas in an area that has no agriculture beyond cow pasture and nucs with queens made up in spring. 

The cost of each nuc is $185 in Minnesota. A 50% deposit payment option is available with the balance due at pickup.

As we get into April, we will confirm by email the exact date, time, and address for pickup

Please note most days the bees are busy flying during the day so pickup is always later in the day at dusk. Contact us by email for special pickup needs.

Warranty: We guarantee a new 2024 laying VSH queen in each nuc and will inspect each one before pick up. If you find you still received a queenless or bad nuc you must contact us within ten days by email webstore@amesfarm.com to get a free replacement queen. No replacements or adjustments are available after ten days. 

If you need to cancel you order, you will receive a refund if you request the cancellation by March 1, 2024 by emailing us at webstore@amesfarm.com. After 03/01/2024 nuc deposits and purchases are not refundable as these are made to order.

  

 

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Melisa

best bees!!! consistently strong productive nucs!!

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Bart Cuderman
Great bees and service!

I am a first time bee keeper and bought a NUC hive from Ames Farm this spring. I picked them up in early May, and a month or so later they are healthy and thriving. Brian is very friendly and quick to respond to questions which is much appreciated - needless to say as a beginner I have a few of questions here and there! Looking forward to learning more and having Ames Farm as a resource for years to come.

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Bart Cuderman
Great bees and service!

I am a first time bee keeper and bought a NUC hive from Ames Farm this spring. I picked them up in early May, and a month or so later they are healthy and thriving. Brian is very friendly and quick to respond to questions which is much appreciated - needless to say as a beginner I have a few of questions here and there! Looking forward to learning more and having Ames Farm as a resource for years to come.

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John Moreland
Fantastic Service and Great Bees

Good Day,

I purchased 9 Colonies this Spring 2022, I experienced great service and the Bee Nuc(s) colonies are strong in numbers and surprisingly gentle.

5 Stars!

See You Next Year.

Respectfully,

John C. Moreland
RCI Honey Farm

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John Moreland
Fantastic Service and Great Bees

Good Day,

I purchased 9 Colonies this Spring 2022, I experienced great service and the Bee Nuc(s) colonies are strong in numbers and surprisingly gentle.

5 Stars!

See You Next Year.

Respectfully,

John C. Moreland
RCI Honey Farm