Bee Sales
🐝 Important Dates and Availability 🐝
Nuc Availability:
Earliest 2025 availability is mid to late March
Queen Grafting:
New queens will be grafted on February 14th
Available Now:
Brood Frames
Queen Availability:
Queens, queen cells, and virgin queens may be available by appointment. As a small-scale queen breeder, I usually have more than I can use. Please text me for prices and availability.
All pickups are local and by appointment only. I do not ship.
About My Bees
2025 supply is limited and weather dependent. Please contact me via text for availability. Pickup times by appointment only.
I encourage you to get to know me a little by watching videos of me in my apiary. Posted videos of educational topics, apiary activities, queen rearing, and many other local beekeeping subjects here: Chuck's Honeybees YouTube Channel
All Nucs are 3 or 5 deep frames of bees with MATED and MARKED queens. Queens are locally adapted honeybees, mated in Jacksonville FL hardiness zone 9B, and are marked only after evidence of a good laying pattern.
2025 Price List
| 5 Frame Nuc with Marked & Mated Queen (includes new box) | $225 |
| 5 Frame Nuc with Queen (transferred into your equipment) | $200 |
| 3 Frame Nuc with Marked & Mated Queen (includes box) | $130 |
| Single Frame of Brood this is for boosting weak hives (capped brood), or to give queenless hives a chance of making a new Queen (uncapped with eggs) | $40 |
📍 Location Information
Located in Jacksonville, Florida (Zone 9B)
For driving distances please use ZIP code 32210 as a reference
All pickups by appointment only
For driving distances please use ZIP code 32210 as a reference
All pickups by appointment only