Is Brushy Mountain Bee Farm still in business ??

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Jim134

November 11, 2018, 10:31:57 AM Last Edit: November 11, 2018, 10:45:59 AM by Jim 134
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    Brushy Mountain Bee Supplies  ... At its main office and all its branches ...  close the doors a few days ago .... Took down their website... and  There Facebook page.. a few days ago.. I could not find any explanation for this..
Just curious...    Will be a  :sad: day . If they do not resume operation.
 

           Bee Happy  Jim 134  :happy:
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Jim134

#1
November 11, 2018, 10:39:45 AM
The Facebook page is backup and running... At the present time..

           Bee Happy  Jim 134  :smile:
"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may  remember,involve me and I'll understand"
        Chinese Proverb

"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways."
John F. Kennedy
Franklin County Beekeepers Association MA. http://www.franklinmabeekeepers.org/

minz

#2
November 13, 2018, 12:29:56 AM
Oregon is down for good. I tried to hit the 50% off sale but they closed the Friday since they only had 2 people and the club announced it is not going to open again to clear out.
Poor decisions make the best stories.

The15thMember

#3
November 17, 2018, 01:38:13 PM
I was talking to a lady at a bee supply place yesterday, and she said that what she heard is that Brushy invested too much in heavy equipment and machinery and couldn't pay off the loan and the bank wouldn't renew it.  We were speculating that maybe Mann Lake will try to scoop up Brushy Mountain while their down, since Mann Lake seems to be in a purchasing mood. 
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van from Arkansas

#4
November 17, 2018, 08:49:37 PM
I am a big fan of Mann Lake,..  only positive experiences and excellent wood ware that always assembles perfectly...
Blessings
I have been around bees a long time, since birth.  I am a hobbyist so my answers often reflect this fact.  I concentrate on genetics, raise my own queens by wet graft, nicot, with natural or II breeding.  I do not sell queens, I will give queens  for free but no shipping.

BeeMaster2

#5
November 17, 2018, 08:52:55 PM
Same here Stinger. I also like they have the best prices with no shipping cost for totals over $100.
Jim
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iddee

#6
November 17, 2018, 09:26:59 PM
SHAMELESS PLUG

Beez Needz is a Mann Lake dealer here in N.C.
Possibly cheaper shipping on small orders, or available for pickup if close.
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Kathyp

#7
November 17, 2018, 09:28:35 PM
Our bee supply place became a Brushy Mountain distributor a few years ago and I just got a note a few days ago that the store is closed.  Really sad.  It was a long existing family business in the area and independent.  I quit using them and went to Mann Lake stuff because they got to expensive with Brushy. 
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Speech in Kansas, December 1859

herbhome

#8
November 17, 2018, 10:53:01 PM
Quote from: kathyp on November 17, 2018, 09:28:35 PM
I quit using them and went to Mann Lake stuff because they got to expensive with Brushy.


This could go a long way in answering the question of why they went belly up.
Neill

drobbins

#9
December 13, 2018, 08:52:17 PM
I think I'll be checking out BeezNeedz for a couple of packages

iddee

#10
December 13, 2018, 10:06:28 PM
I live 1 mile from Beez Needz. You better let me know when you will be there.
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drobbins

#11
December 14, 2018, 08:09:57 PM
I was planning on it :cool:

minz

#12
December 16, 2018, 12:23:45 PM
Quote from: kathyp on November 17, 2018, 09:28:35 PM
Our bee supply place became a Brushy Mountain distributor a few years ago and I just got a note a few days ago that the store is closed.  Really sad.  It was a long existing family business in the area and independent.  I quit using them and went to Mann Lake stuff because they got to expensive with Brushy.
The word at the club is that Rhul is going to come back out after the Brushy going under here in Wilsonville OR.
I had a beek come by yesterday and buy all my cut comb and some 1 lb muth jars (empty). I did not have corks for them because I was going to get them from brushy at their annual sale (I put my sales on a spread sheet). I am going to have to look at the plan and see where else I had holes.
BTW Brushy would give 10-15% off if you picked it up.
Poor decisions make the best stories.

Kathyp

#13
December 16, 2018, 12:41:46 PM
QuoteBTW Brushy would give 10-15% off if you picked it up.

When they were still in Gladstone I used them a little, but their prices were still more expensive than ordering from someplace like Mann Lake especially when ML had a sale.  Once they moved, it was not worth the drive. 

I was using Ruhl back in the day when the family still ran it.  I was sad to see it change hands and sad to hear they closed. 
The people the people are the rightful masters of both congresses and courts not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it.

Abraham  Lincoln
Speech in Kansas, December 1859

Michael Bush

#14
December 17, 2018, 09:49:02 AM
Also, Walter T. Kelley was purchased by Mann Lake... I guess they will continue to operate as Kelley for the present time...
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Ben Framed

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December 17, 2018, 07:52:56 PM Last Edit: December 17, 2018, 08:51:32 PM by Ben Framed


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