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I believe that it is the out of state beekeepers that are engaged in “pushing the pollination prices” down not the local beekeepers or the brokers.

As an owner and a broker of bees for almond...

For the last few weeks I have been receiving calls almost on a daily basis from out of state and local beekeepers “with strong hives” looking for almond pollination contracts. An hour ago, I received...

Make your pallets 33.5" X 47" you can place 7 pallets in a roll and have a few inches to spare on a 20' flat bed.
"W" clips are a must!

Don,

I have a 5 year cashflow excel spreadsheet that we use with our beekeeping clients. It will take very little modification to fit your business plan, if you have Excel I'll be happy to send...

Here in Northern California (Placer Co) I would give it about another week to ten days and it is about ready to bust wide open. We fed our local bees to get them though between the Blackberries to...

Also try Pallet Masters in Woodland, CA.

Problem we found in Fresno and Woodland is they make the pallets out of whatever used material they have on hand. Not all pallets are the same. Sometimes...

our Pallets with materials from Lowes, Pressure treated 2X4 and 3/4 inch plywood runs $30.00. We use 6"X1" redwood fencing for bottom pallet supports (3). Labor = lots of sweat and beer. 3 guys 20...

We require the pallets to be in the range of 33.5" X 47" for moving to pollinate crops. 48' trailer = 96 pallets = 384 hives. The pallet must be the floor of the hive. Also require "W" clips....

John,

You must have received my bees:rolleyes:

I picked up 20 NWC in April. All doing excellent. Ordered 50 more late April-first of May, said they were soldout, said something about a big...

Darn, I hate it when someone has all the facts!
Good Job Explaining the facts!

The point is why would you do business with a grower that will kill your bees? Check their references!

AND WHY...

Theft is a problem, we have not experienced it personally but we hear the stories. It is the risk of running any business. Out of site-out-of mind, locked gates, name and number on the hive, etc.

Interesting way of thinking, I believe they could as easily and purposely kill your bees just before the “first” post bloom inspection if their intent was to avoid payment. Most successful...

California Almond Pollination Services, Inc. is seeking to purchase your almond pollination contracts.
We provide the highest quality pollination services to California Almond Growers and other...

Please P.M me if you know any truckers able to haul two loads to So. Dakota.

I believe the “more bees” are coming from unemployed and mostly east European immigrants who seem to come from a long family beekeeping background, they work very hard at what they do; father,...

Our standard contract has the following definition of what the 7 or 8 frame average negotiated in the contract requires:

“By definition an “Active Frame of Bees” shall mean two sides of a standard...

Now that's a honest statement, forget the popcorn, time to put the boots on.

According to an article by Kim Flottum there will be a demand for 100,000 to 200,000 additional hives to pollinate California's almond crop.

Read his very interesting article "Catch the Buzz-...

I started this process two weeks ago, March 13, and after 5 emails and one phone call still hasn't taken my order. Back in June 2011 ran it to the same problem.

Has anyone tried ordering one-piece plastic frames from Pierco, Inc. ?
Their customer service is horrible, horrible, horrible. Did I mention that there customer service is HORRIBLE!
I could not get...

We still Need Bees Email shousebee@gmail.com ASAP!!!!

We are going to have an excellent year thanks to everyone and to BeeSource.
We have filled every 2012 contract, added new ones, and are still adding a few more this week.
Next year we will expand...

I have an Excel cashflow spread sheet that I am happy to share with you.
You must have Microsoft Excel and I will need you to email me your email as the Excel file will not fit on this site.
my e...

[QUOTE=Shastina Millwork;745820] posts on this thread that claim that bee pollination is 20% of the growers expense? Well, it is proven that pollination is actually 5% of the growers gross revenue...

We have signed a little over 5,800 as of todate, the average is $20.00 per frame with a min of $140.00