Inventory and pricing for 2027 nucleus hives will be added in late November.

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5 deep frames or 8 medium frames of healthy bees, brood, honey, and a queen. Our spring nucs are made up with our bees and a purchased queen. The queens are given a full month to acclimate to their nuc, so you will never get an unaccepted queen in a cage. Spring nucs also include 1 pound of pollen supplement to be fed to the bees during poor weather. No box returns necessary on Deep nucs. Medium nucs will come in a plywood nuc box, which we would like back (price includes $25 refundable box and strap deposit). Nucleus hives must be picked up in Shoreline. We do not ship bees.

• Spring nucleus hives are made before local queens can be mated, using our bees and queens from a warmer location. Spring nucs are given 4 weeks to prove themselves after queen introduction, allowing for the queen to emerge from her cage and complete a full brood cycle. Depending on the year and queen availability, spring nucs could be available starting in mid-April, or as late as mid-May.

• All nucleus hive purchasers are automatically subscribed to our annual nuc purchaser list, which includes periodic emails regarding what you should be seeing/doing in your hives at a given time of year, as well as anything that we are noticing in our hives that is unique to this year. You may request to opt out via email.