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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: leominsterbeeman on January 07, 2005, 09:50:10 PM

Poll
Question: Where are you getting your bees from this year?
Option 1: Wilbanks votes: 0
Option 2: Hardeman votes: 2
Option 3: R. Weaver votes: 3
Option 4: B. Weaver votes: 0
Option 5: Rossman votes: 1
Option 6: JesterBee votes: 0
Option 7: Strachan votes: 0
Option 8: Other votes: 8
Title: What Apiary are your bees coming from
Post by: leominsterbeeman on January 07, 2005, 09:50:10 PM
There are so many bee dealers in the US, but do you know where they are getting their bees from?   If so, where are they coming from?

I've listed the most common suppliers here.
Title: What Apiary are your bees coming from
Post by: golfpsycho on January 07, 2005, 09:55:30 PM
I'm getting mine from Koehnen in Glenn, Ca.    They have a 4 package crate that I like, and they work their bees themselves.  Pollination contracts etc.
Title: What Apiary are your bees coming from
Post by: Jay on January 07, 2005, 10:01:55 PM
Lagrants in Ware, MA for me. They raise their own bees there so the bees come from my local climate! :D
Title: What Apiary are your bees coming from
Post by: TwT on January 07, 2005, 10:08:05 PM
Weeks Works here in Georgia.
Title: What Apiary are your bees coming from
Post by: buzz on January 07, 2005, 11:14:30 PM
Can-Am in California. The local bee store gets them in a couple times a year.
Title: What Apiary are your bees coming from
Post by: tejas on January 07, 2005, 11:30:34 PM
Ordered from B Weaver last year and called mid December and they were already sold out. So giving R Weaver a try this year.
Title: What Apiary are your bees coming from
Post by: Kris^ on January 07, 2005, 11:56:36 PM
I ordered from Draper, but I don't know for sure where they are shipped from.  Last year it was York, but they are out of business now.  Guy from Draper said they had packages reserved from several different suppliers.

-- Kris
Title: What Apiary are your bees coming from
Post by: TwT on January 08, 2005, 12:27:15 AM
kris drapers gets thier Bee's from B.Weaver if there all-stars and buckfast, or SMR's
Title: What Apiary are your bees coming from
Post by: Kris^ on January 08, 2005, 11:58:24 AM
No, just good ol' italians.  I wanted to get some russians, but their suppliers didn't come through with them, so they aren't supplying them now.  Although they did say they thought they'd at least be offering russian queens (czarinas?), so maybe if I split this spring and need a queen, I'll get one.

-- Kris
Title: What Apiary are your bees coming from
Post by: mellifera on January 08, 2005, 06:14:09 PM
I got mine from Sacramento Beekeeping Supply (Sacramento, CA), but am not sure where they get them. I was able to get them fairly late in the season and I picked them up myself and drove them home - (probably the bee's first time staying overnight in a motel)..
This year I plan to split the hive and buy the queen from them.

Melissa
Title: Lagrants Also
Post by: amymcg on January 09, 2005, 12:13:46 AM
I've decided to get all my stuff from Lagrants. I'm just starting out and have absolutely nothing and they have a great price on a full kit including a 5 frame nuc
Title: Lagrants Also
Post by: amymcg on January 09, 2005, 12:19:16 AM
I've decided to get all my stuff from Lagrants. I'm just starting out and have absolutely nothing and they have a great price on a full kit including a 5 frame nuc
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