Beginning in January 2024 we will be accepting orders for our 5-frame medium nucleus colonies led by one of our own Virginia-bred, marked queens in a waxed cardboard nuc box for you to keep. No frame exchange required. Overwintered (OW) nucs will be available in limited quantities beginning mid-April, depending on the weather. These OW nucs are led by queens raised in our own Northern Virginia apiary in the previous season (2023). All the bees in your nuc will be her offspring.
Spring nucs will be available around the end of May, as will locally-mated queens that we raise in our own apiary. As required by Virginia Bee Law, our bees are inspected and certified to be disease-free by the State Apiarist. Spring nucs are led by daughter queens of our best overwintered queens from the previous season. All nucs include 3-4 frames of brood and 1-2 frames of honey, pollen and open comb. Once placed into your Langstroth hive they should expand rapidly, depending on local conditions.
We started with locally-raised hygienic Italian queens, but over the past several years of open-mating in our Northern Virginia apiary “local mutts” is about as accurate as we can be now. They are gentle, easy to work, good honey producers, and overwinter well in our climate with minimal intervention. Organic varroa mite treatments are applied as needed.
All nuc and queen sales are for local pick up by appointment only at our apiary located approximately two miles south of the Loudoun/Prince William county line just off of Route 15 in Haymarket, Virginia.
Email CGBees@gmail.com for further information & pricing.
