Queen Pricing

CWBees · July 28, 2007, 03:18:00 PM

What do you think the average price for a queen is?

TwT · July 28, 2007, 03:38:48 PM

17-18 dollars

Jarhead · July 29, 2007, 06:19:56 PM

$20 To $25 dollars

CWBees · July 30, 2007, 07:45:18 PM

:-x I need to charge more.

TwT · July 30, 2007, 08:52:28 PM

Quote from: Jarhead on July 29, 2007, 06:19:56 PM
$20 To $25 dollars

what kinda places you buy queens from??? $18 dollars is the adverage, the big guys sale for 15, if you buy 100 queens its $12, I have untreated bee's and sale for 18, MB sales the first at $29 the the second on for $19 I think......

Jarhead · July 30, 2007, 11:10:07 PM

I recently purchased one queen from MB $35 including shipping. If you offer free shipping at your price you have my business. Please send Me an e-mail I would like to purchase one of your queens.

TwT · July 31, 2007, 07:05:39 PM

Quote from: Jarhead on July 30, 2007, 11:10:07 PM
I recently purchased one queen from MB $35 including shipping. If you offer free shipping at your price you have my business. Please send Me an e-mail I would like to purchase one of your queens.

didn't realize you were adding shipping in to your queen prices, he said queen prices average and if he was going to drive somewhere to pick up queens $18 bucks is about average. so with shipping your 20-25 would be about right,

annette · July 31, 2007, 10:23:28 PM

Wow, I am paying to much. I purchase them from Sacramento Bee Store for $25.00 a queen.

Annette

Kathyp · August 01, 2007, 01:26:28 AM

mine are 25 delivered to the bee store. i pick up from there.

Mici · August 01, 2007, 04:32:01 AM

i think 15â,¬ would be somehow the average. queens with pedigree and stuff are a whole different story, anyway...ya 15â,¬ but like a month ago this khm....i'll keep it for myself, sold the queens for only 7â,¬ :-x

Michael Bush · August 01, 2007, 07:24:00 AM

>Wow, I am paying to much. I purchase them from Sacramento Bee Store for $25.00 a queen.

If you're getting a really good queen, you're not paying too much. If you're only getting an average queen, then you are paying too much.

Is that counting shipping?

I went to Express mail which is usually overnight. I get a lot less losses, especially in hot weather. But the shipping is more than $16.

annette · August 01, 2007, 10:42:45 PM

No shipping, I pick them up at the store in Sacramento. I believe, though, that they have been really good queens.

Annette

TwT · August 02, 2007, 08:09:54 AM

if you want very good queenss at a great price that with shipping might cost around $25 call Dann Purvis... great queens

http://web.mac.com/dannpurvis/iWeb/Purvis%20Brothers%20Bees.com/Home.html

fat/beeman · February 07, 2008, 10:04:48 PM

I think someone said you get what you pay for. I do ship free on orders of 5
Don

peggjam · February 10, 2008, 10:50:20 AM

Mine are $15 plus shipping, so for one queen it would be $21.95, but if you order more than one queen the shipping is spread out over mutiple queens. :)

jimmy · March 04, 2008, 07:37:45 PM

The guy I bought from last year was 15 said he was going to 28 dollars this year pick-up only. Thats why I'm trying to learn to raise my own. I have an appointment approx. 50 miles from my house this Friday to learn one on one how to raise my own queens. I think b-tween my wife and I we can give the local guy a little comp. I can order a A.I. bred queen from Calif. for a $100. Jimmy

jsmob · April 11, 2008, 10:12:21 PM

Annette I just payed $29 for a queen from TABER'S HONEY BEE GENETICS in vacaville. I kind of had to because Sac Bees don't have thier bee's in yet and the girls were not going to wait.

Shawn · April 12, 2008, 02:08:16 PM

I ordered a queen from Purvis Brothers at $21.00 + shipping. Still dont know how much it will be yet for shipping, they dont ship until June.

Michael Bush · April 12, 2008, 05:49:32 PM

http://www.bushfarms.com/beesqueenrearing.htm

I wouldn't buy an AI queen.

annette · April 12, 2008, 07:11:33 PM

Quote from: jsmob on April 11, 2008, 10:12:21 PM
Annette I just payed $29 for a queen from TABER'S HONEY BEE GENETICS in vacaville. I kind of had to because Sac Bees don't have thier bee's in yet and the girls were not going to wait.

Thanks for the info. I did not even know of another place to purchase queens, around here. I hope she turns out great.

Annette