Anyone have queens in Polk County, FL?

[PatBeek]

Hello,

I was hoping to get a queen very soon and not have to worry about shipping time and shipping charges.

Anyone local here in Polk County, FL have any queens they may want to sell?

I am in Lakeland.

Small-cell a big plus.

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[swarm_trapper]

try miksa honey farms they will have some

[Mbeck]

He didn't have any,out for the year.
Harvey's honey does but youll have to ship.
I might have a few in a month but that doesn't help you now.

[PatBeek]

Yep, I called Miksa last week. They are out, as Mbeck said.

I have put in an email to the following producer in Polk County, but they are 41 miles away from me.....that's like 500 bucks in gas......MAN !!!:

Carpenters Apiaries/Better Bees
Mite Resistant Queens and Natural Honey

http://www.carpentersapiaries.com/Pages/default.aspx

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[PatBeek]

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Here's my dilemma.

I went ahead a switched-out a trap-out hive because I figured if the queen wasn't in there yet, I'd have enough bees to get off the ground if I just threw a queen in there when I got them home.

So do you all think I may have jumped-the-gun on the amount of bees needed to begin a hive?

I know it's hard to tell, but something like this:




Here's the other hive I left there in its place. The bees immediately took to it.



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