I am looking to buy some packages, I saw on here a place in Ga. that had good bees and good prices, but now I can't find that post. I'd like to order packages from several different places too. Can anyone help me? Thanks!
Where can I order packages?
I am looking to buy some packages, I saw on here a place in Ga. that had good bees and good prices, but now I can't find that post. I'd like to order packages from several different places too. Can anyone help me? Thanks!
There's this one on ebay. Claims the queens are II, not so sure that that is what he really means, but the price is decent.
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-3-LB-Package-B...QQcmdZViewItem
He also has a single listed for $75.
"I reject your reality, and substitute my own." Adam Savage
http://members.aol.com/queenb95/catalog.htmlOriginally Posted by peggjam
There's this one on ebay. Claims the queens are II, not so sure that that is what he really means, but the price is decent.
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-3-LB-Package-B...QQcmdZViewItem
He also has a single listed for $75.
I wonder if Glenn Apiaries knows he's using their chart?
Pegg, what I read says that "their" breeders are II. Not the ones you are sent. What I find even more enteresting is this:
" Within one hour of harvesting the cells from the finisher, they are in the USPS and will arrive to you the next day. We only ship to the lower 48 states."
Are they trying to impress some one with their effeciancy or what? That's about the craziest thing I've seen in a while. $150 for 2 to 3 lbs of bees and a virgin queen? What a deal!! Am I reading this wrong or what??????
If you're wanting Italians, see if Rossman has any left for April shipment? You'll have a hard time finding a better bee. I hear they are hanging on last years price again?
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." Winston Churchill
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I ordered a package off of Walter t kelley yesterday, and they still had march 29th shipping dates open. I would of tried another company this spring , but Kelley's is relative close to me and I only lost about 12 bees in transit last spring from a march shipment
Talked to the guy from e-bay
Hello i just got off the phone talking to the owner of the bees that are on e-bay and he tells me that they are Minn. Hygenics. I asked him about the prices and he told me that he would send me three packages plus shipping for $250 dollars thats including shipping so i am on his list for april 12th or 15th plus he said they would call a week ahead before shipping to let you know they will be sending you your bees. I never tried the Minn. Hygenics but he claim they winter better then the carni's and produce more honey.
Tom
I read it as two 3lb packages of bees...
"My child, eat honey, for it is good." (Proverbs 24:13)
Trick,
If you are close to any clubs that offer beekeeping classes, you might check with them. The clubs around here often order packages in bulk to get a better deal.
Just a thought.
Matt
bizzybee writes:
" Within one hour of harvesting the cells from the finisher, they are in the USPS and will arrive to you the next day. We only ship to the lower 48 states."
Are they trying to impress some one with their effeciancy or what? That's about the craziest thing I've seen in a while. $150 for 2 to 3 lbs of bees and a virgin queen? What a deal!! Am I reading this wrong or what??????
tecumseh replies:
it sounds to me like they are shipping queen cells and not mated queens.
personally (and it would be interesting for others to chime in here) I would place very low probabilities that this could work with any degree of success.
thomas writes:
I never tried the Minn. Hygenics but he claim they winter better then the carni's and produce more honey.
tecumseh replies:
the minnesota hygenic is really just a highly selected Italian. selected in this case for hygenic behavior, at your location it might winter well... a bit farther north I would be down right skeptical.
just out of plum curiousity... was there a name of an apiary behind this offer?
It's not copyrighted from what I can tell.
tecumseh??
"I never tried Minn. Hygenics but he claim they winter better than the carnis and produce more honey".--thomas. tecumseh replies: the minnesota hygenic is really just a highly selected Italian. selected in this case for HYGIENIC!,.. YES,..HYGIENIC! [OLDBEE] and not "hygenic at your location it might winter well..a bit farther north I would be down right skeptical.
Oldbee asks: Some of those asking questions here, live in 'southern' states as far as I can tell. Why would you be "skeptical" as far as survival of colonies with Minn/Hyg. queens in,......................."a bit farther north" than,........Carolina, Virginia,. .or so. Are you comparing this only to the fact that Carni bees maintain a smaller cluster?
Weren't Minnesota hygienic bees/queens developed by Marla Spivak in a northern state like Wisconsin? The Univ. of Minn. has beekeeping classes/courses emphasizing beekeeping in northern climates.
beekeeper in m.s. area hope this helps
dwight gunter nucs lumberton ms. 701 537 3513 herbert tubbs mize m.s. 601 382 2607
john pennington pearl m.s. 601 939 5994
j n russell bolton m.s. 601 866 4300
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"tecumseh replies:
it sounds to me like they are shipping queen cells and not mated queens.
personally (and it would be interesting for others to chime in here) I would place very low probabilities that this could work with any degree of success."
I bought 60 queen cells from Purvis Bros last year. They were shipped in roller cages, with about 2-3 lbs of attendant bees loose in the shipping box. As long as UPS doesn't drop the ball, (which they did on the first shipment) the probabilities that it will work are excellent. I had a 80% hatch rate on those cells
"I reject your reality, and substitute my own." Adam Savage
Im still doing research but I think Im gonna order from Rossman Apiaries 60$- 3lb package with Italian Queen.
Rossman does not offer any insurance via UPS:mad:
Have you considered getting nucs instead of packages?
Gilman
Rossman does not offer any insurance via UPS
Who up north sells nucs that is fairly close to me in Ct?
I'll have a few nucs available in May. Bleta 12(Gilman) has some as well. I'm further away though, down in the southeast corner, and Gilman is just north of you.
Alan
old bee writes:
Oldbee asks: Some of those asking questions here, live in 'southern' states as far as I can tell. Why would you be "skeptical" as far as survival of colonies with Minn/Hyg. queens in,......................."a bit farther north" than,........Carolina, Virginia,. .or so. Are you comparing this only to the fact that Carni bees maintain a smaller cluster?
Weren't Minnesota hygienic bees/queens developed by Marla Spivak in a northern state like Wisconsin? The Univ. of Minn. has beekeeping classes/courses emphasizing beekeeping in northern climates.
tecumseh replies:
the itialian bee develope by spivak now called minnesota hygienic (sorry about the sorry spellin') was developed for commercial beekeepers as a genetic preventative for afb. I would 'assume' that by commercial that most are migratory. if I sat my hives down and overwintered much about the mason dixon line I would likely not choose a line of bees that overwintered in large numbers although as a 'southern beekeeper' the minnesota hygenic seem to work fairly well here.
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