View Full Version : Best bee/queen suppliers
MarcL
12-09-2006, 05:19 PM
I'm on the west coast in Seattle and I thought I would poll the BeeSource brain trust to see if anyone has great recommendations for bee package/queen suppliers.
Feel free to post your own favorites, but I'm looking for someone in reasonable driving distance.
Thanks
Sundance
12-09-2006, 05:30 PM
How many???
The best source is the one closest to you
IMO.
Chef here on the board raises a few and
is in your state.
There's a supplier in Washington that runs
ads in ABJ or BeeCulture, the name escapes
me
drobbins
12-09-2006, 05:36 PM
how far are these guy's from you?
http://www.oldsolenterprises.com/about.html
Dave
MarcL
12-10-2006, 02:45 PM
They are closer than the folks I was checking out in N. CA - Olivarez Honey Bees. Old Sol doesn't appear to sell packages, but their nuc price seems reasonable. . .
Looking for 40-60 3-4# packages. I agree, the closer, the better so I can pick up.
BjornBee
12-10-2006, 03:25 PM
marcL, if you were interested in OHB, they have some who they ship packages too.
You can contact Franz Yordy at snow peak apiaries(Lebanon, Oregon). 541-451-3752
or
Michael Cook, Stanwood, Washington. 360-652-1453
I have used OHB in the past. Nice people to deal with. Ships on time.
[ December 10, 2006, 04:27 PM: Message edited by: BjornBee ]
peggjam
12-10-2006, 03:32 PM
I bought some queens from Bjorn, and they were nice queens. Lost only one out of the batch, which died before I could get her into the nuc the day after recieving them.
Dan Williamson
12-11-2006, 11:53 AM
Can't help you with packages but if you are looking for queen suppliers I've had good luck with tarheit (honey run apiaries) and Strachans both NWC producers.
Bizzybee
12-11-2006, 02:15 PM
I gotta pass on a name. I have before, prolly will again. The guy did me more than right and awesome queens to boot. I don't know the CA geography to well, so if he's close???????
Dennis Lohman
He can be found on the forums suppliers pages. He also advertises in some of the Mags. I got queens from him. He does nucs also, packages I'm not sure of?
Hope you find some good uns, where ever you go. Never met a bee I didn't like smile.gif
well......... smile.gif