PICK UP ONLY: 4/19/25

Bemis Honey Bee Farm | 4 pm - 5:30 pm

Nucs cannot be picked up before the scheduled date or time—no exceptions. All notifications and updates will be sent via email only. Please subscribe to receive emails from Bemis Honey Bee Farm. Depending on your email settings, emails may end up in your spam folder. 

Bemis Honey Bee Farm is committed to providing a healthy nucleus colony (nuc) that includes five frames, four of which contain drawn-out comb, brood at various stages of development, an unmarked fertile queen, and stored food. Nucs reside within a corrugated plastic 5 frame nuc box. Each nuc undergoes an inspection and is certified by a state bee inspector to be in good health before pickup. Additionally, all nucs are treated for Varroa as needed. 

Purebred Russian:

• Increased Varroa mite resistance 
• Young queen open-mated and marked
• Highly resistant to Tracheal mites
• Overwinters in smaller cluster
• Brood rearing based on pollen availability 
• Lower probability of robbing 
• Color varies - typically darker in color than Italians
• Moderately gentle

We recommend installing your NUC on the same day it is picked up or the following day. Please follow the installation instructions sent to you via email shortly before the pickup date. A live demonstration will take place during our free event, "Bee Day," which will be held on the same day and at the same location as the bee pickup.

Nuc Bags: Nucs will be loaded into your vehicle for you. If you have nuc bags, we will place the nucs in those bags before loading them. Please note that we can only place nucs in bags purchased from BHBF due to design differences among manufacturers. Some bags are poorly designed and can significantly slow down the pickup line.

***Please take a moment to review our terms and conditions regarding live bees.