I bought out an apiary in May...6 hives, one even had bee's, all hives had double deeps, drawn frames, one hive had three deeps and each hive had about 30 lbs of honey that I was able to distribute when I got new Nucs in the spring. I also got 10 westerns with fully drawn frames for them as well.... price? $200 for all of it...and I got to leave them where they lay to pollinate his 80 apple trees...and the new Nucs did well, we had a strong flow and I was able to pull about 150 lbs combined, that I am selling for $10 for 1lb bottles locally...so, I came out all right....and he's getting some honey out of it to make us some mead wine...
Personally, I think it's pretty pricey for what you get and the time of the year....but do the math and see what makes sense.
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I think you could buy all this stuff new for about $200 bucks, plus he's wanting another $170 for the bee's...sounds like a good deal.... for him...