Our Nucs (nucleous colony) are raised here in middle Tennessee. Our 5 Deep frame nucs come with 3 frames of developing brood (eggs, larvae, and pupae) and two frames of food stores (honey and pollen) and a marked mated queen.
The spring nucs are started around mid-March with a grafted queen cell. After mating the new queens are assessed for performance, brood pattern, and marked. Queens will be laying around 4 weeks before being sold. All brood in the nuc will come from that queen. Spring nucs are typically available in late April.
Please note weather can delay the harvesting of the nucs. We cannot ship nucs.
About our bees: We run Italian (Golden West/Randy Oliver) and Carniolan (Latschaw Apiary) lines in our operation. Each year we evaluate our colonies and select best queen based on desired traits to be our breeders. Gentleness and efficient honey production are very important traits to us because we are primarily honey producers. Furthermore, we select breeders based on their hygienic traits, mite resistance, low swarm tendency and robust brood rearing.
2026 Spring nucs will be grafted from Golden West/ Randy Oliver queen mothers. If you wish to receive Queen from our Carniolan stock, please add a note in your order, we will try our best to accommodate. All queens are open mated.
Reservation Fee is $25. The remaining amount is due upon pick up. ($200 - $25 deposit = $200 per nuc due at pick up) The deposit is non-refundable after 05/03/2025.
Projected pickup is Saturday, April 18 , 2026, 7:30- 1.00 PM. At least one week in advance, you will receive an email with exact pick-up instructions. Please be on time.
Each nuc will contain 5 Deep frames with 3 + frames of brood. Rest honey / pollen. All frames will be fully drawn comb.
Nucs will be in a Pro-Nuc box for easy transportation.
Inspected by TN Department of Agriculture.
Locally mated queen (Marked) from productive stock.
Most frames are less than 3 years old.
Organically managed colonies. We don’t use synthetic miticides / antibiotic treatments.
Our bees are not used for commercial pollination.
Nuc was treated with oxalic acid dribble.
Available mid to late April, weather dependent.
Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Keeping two colonies is strongly recommended for new beekeepers. It lets you compare hive health, easily bolster a weak colony with resources from a stronger one, and avoid the challenges of troubleshooting a single hive—such as dealing with laying workers. With two colonies, you have a built-in backup and a far better learning experience, since you can use one to help resolve issues in the other, like queen problems, and observe what normal growth should look like.
Our Nucs (nucleous colony) are raised here in middle Tennessee. Our 5 Deep frame nucs come with 3 frames of developing brood (eggs, larvae, and pupae) and two frames of food stores (honey and pollen) and a marked mated queen.
The spring nucs are started around mid-March with a grafted queen cell. After mating the new queens are assessed for performance, brood pattern, and marked. Queens will be laying around 4 weeks before being sold. All brood in the nuc will come from that queen. Spring nucs are typically available in late April.
Please note weather can delay the harvesting of the nucs. We cannot ship nucs.
About our bees: We run Italian (Golden West/Randy Oliver) and Carniolan (Latschaw Apiary) lines in our operation. Each year we evaluate our colonies and select best queen based on desired traits to be our breeders. Gentleness and efficient honey production are very important traits to us because we are primarily honey producers. Furthermore, we select breeders based on their hygienic traits, mite resistance, low swarm tendency and robust brood rearing.
2026 Spring nucs will be grafted from Golden West/ Randy Oliver queen mothers. If you wish to receive Queen from our Carniolan stock, please add a note in your order, we will try our best to accommodate. All queens are open mated.
Reservation Fee is $25. The remaining amount is due upon pick up. ($200 - $25 deposit = $200 per nuc due at pick up) The deposit is non-refundable after 05/03/2025.
Projected pickup is Saturday, April 18 , 2026, 7:30- 1.00 PM. At least one week in advance, you will receive an email with exact pick-up instructions. Please be on time.
Each nuc will contain 5 Deep frames with 3 + frames of brood. Rest honey / pollen. All frames will be fully drawn comb.
Nucs will be in a Pro-Nuc box for easy transportation.
Inspected by TN Department of Agriculture.
Locally mated queen (Marked) from productive stock.
Most frames are less than 3 years old.
Organically managed colonies. We don’t use synthetic miticides / antibiotic treatments.
Our bees are not used for commercial pollination.
Nuc was treated with oxalic acid dribble.
Available mid to late April, weather dependent.
Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Keeping two colonies is strongly recommended for new beekeepers. It lets you compare hive health, easily bolster a weak colony with resources from a stronger one, and avoid the challenges of troubleshooting a single hive—such as dealing with laying workers. With two colonies, you have a built-in backup and a far better learning experience, since you can use one to help resolve issues in the other, like queen problems, and observe what normal growth should look like.
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