2021 Package Prices
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I'm lucky I live 1.5 hours from Gardner's so I can pick them up for 90 bucks a packages. Gardners has great Queens
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Yeah 4 package producers within a hour and a half. South east Georgia would be Bee Mecca if they put a Dadant or mann lake down here for supplies
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North Georgia USA Zone 7b
You have Rossman (AKA gabees) in Moultrie. Never been there but judging by their catalog, they are huge compared to Barnyardbees in Chatsworth.
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164-170 here depending on what breed of bee you chose.
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Yes I've been there before, but they are over 3 hours away.
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yes I've bought a couple of queens from Roberts, but Gardner's in my opinion is better.
Had both. Personally have to disagree on which one is better. Been lucky to have good results with both. This year we ordered off Jim Doan
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North Georgia USA Zone 7b
Rossman is about 4 hours for me, which is why I have not been yet. Oh, the tiny start up near me in Waleska is taking pre-orders on 3 Lb packages at $135. Hope they continue to grow! Only 5 minutes verses 1 hour to Barnyardbees.
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I gotta laugh! I just went through some of the "Recommended Reading" of older posts below this thread and apparently in 2010, people were complaining about paying $55 for Nuc's LOL! Kind of like my late Dad, born 1921, complaining about bread prices saying it used to be a nickel a loaf-of course he wasn't making .50 cents an hour anymore either.
I ordered (12) 5 frame nucs for my bee yard expansion last November from my supplier (local over wintered) and he's up to $190 from last years $175. I am hoping to do a few splits with my current hives and from some of the new ones later this spring/summer and queen the new ones with VSH momma's. Of course the reason that I'm planning an aggressive year is I have some acreage I want to keep protected under the agricultural real estate tax exemption so why not have some fun. I'm hoping to be at 25-30 hives by mid summer and hopefully be able to sustain with just add queens each year.
I ordered (12) 5 frame nucs for my bee yard expansion last November from my supplier (local over wintered) and he's up to $190 from last years $175. I am hoping to do a few splits with my current hives and from some of the new ones later this spring/summer and queen the new ones with VSH momma's. Of course the reason that I'm planning an aggressive year is I have some acreage I want to keep protected under the agricultural real estate tax exemption so why not have some fun. I'm hoping to be at 25-30 hives by mid summer and hopefully be able to sustain with just add queens each year.
How was your experience with Jim? We have talked about ordering from him in the future.
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I am curious how much it costs per package for these guys who drive down South on the east coast, load up and come up North. Surely they must not be paying the same amount the are charging customers up here.
Of course not. Quantity discount, that's how you make money. I see one company offering quantities of 100+ at $89 per, and other companies offering singles for as much as $170. If you have a vehicle big enough, and a big enough market that will pay the higher price, then you can make a decent profit, less fuel costs (assuming all other vehicle costs are paid and it is just sitting with nothing else to do...and nothing breaks on the way down and back).
Grocery store isn't selling you a can of soup for the same price they paid for it. They bought 5,000 at wholesale while you buy a few at a time, at retail.
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