Our Queens are sold for $25.00 each at limited quantity for the months from March until mid-July. To make sure the queens are kept safe, warm, and fed by attending worker bees, we suggest using battery boxes for a surcharge of $5 if you need to be provided one. Due to limited quantity, please call 850-457-6468 to be put on the waitlist if a spot is available.

Our Overwintered Nucs are sold for $200.00 each in a limited quantity and are sold starting in February. Overwintered Nucs provide a quick resolution for many beekeeping problems and will rapidly increase in population to become a productive full-size colony. Due to limited quantity, please call us at 850-457-6468 to ask for our waitlist availability.

Our Spring Nucs are sold for $180.00 each in a limited quantity and sold starting in late April/early May. Due to limited quantity, please call 850-457-6468 and ask for our waitlist availability.

A Nuc, or Nucleus Hive, has a smaller colony of bees than a standard 8-frame or 10-frame hive. Bee Sanctuary Nucs are not made from “splits,” but are made and monitored in nuc boxes either over Winter or during Spring. Nucs are sold in a cardboard, wax-coated box and hold five frames of pollen, food, brood, and room for the queen to lay.

The benefit of a Nuc compared to getting a package of bees is that Nucs keep the colony focused since there is reduced room in the Nuc box. It allows the bees to focus on strength and for the queen to lay more brood.