Queens, Packages, and Nucs
Honey and the Hive
Local Supplier
Honey and the Hive is a mobile beekeeping supply company in the greater Richmond, VA area. We are a distributor of quality beekeeping supplies and custom woodenware, such as quilt boxes, candy boards, long langs, top bar hives and more.
Offering: packages; 5 frame medium and 5 frame deep nucs; mated queens; hybrid/local survivor honey bee stock
Scottsville Supply Co.
Local Supplier
The Scottsville Supply Co. is a small, locally-owned bee supply and gift store. We are a supplier of beekeeping supplies, education, and bees for backyard beekeepers. We can help you start your first hive or grow your apiary!
Offering: packages and deep nucs
Evan’s Honey Company
Local Supplier
Based in Powhatan County, we provide nucs, queens, and honey for sale. Our bees are carefully selected for their hardiness, gentle temperament, and exceptional honey production.
Offering: 5 frame medium and 5 frame deep nucs; mated queens; Carniolan / Italian Hybrid / Corey Stevens Italian VSH bee stock
ZoSo Acres
Local Supplier
Located in Powhatan County, we provide nucleus colonies (nucs), full colonies, mated queens, and honey for sale.
Offering: 5 frame medium nucs and 5 frame deep nucs; mated queens; VP Queen genetics Pol-line and Hybrid/Local Survivor bee stock
Blue Lotus Farm Apiary
Local Supplier
Located in Powhatan County.
Offering: 5 frame medium and 5 frame deep nucs; mated queens; and VSH bees from John Harbo and VP Queen genetics Pol-line and Spartan
Donovan’s Honey Hill
Local Supplier
Located in Maidens, Va we provide locally overwintered nucs stocked with grafted queens from 45+ year old stock.
Offering: 5 frame medium nucs; Italian hybrid bee stock
Back Forty Bees
Regional Supplier
Back Forty Bees, located in Williamsburg, VA, specializes in raw, chemical-free, high-quality honey, bees, and bee related products. We are family owned, providing local Virginia raw honey, bees (local nucs and packages), equipment, and handcrafted hive-related products.
Offering: 5 frame medium nucs and 3lb package bees (March pickup); mated queens; Italian bee stock
Sourwood Branch Bee Farm
Regional Supplier
At Sourwood Branch bees we focus on raising quality bees with good genetics. We sell packages nucs and queens. cordovan, carnolian, VSH, caucasian, buckfast. and new river carnica which they breed from Sue Colby stock.
Offering: queens; packages and deep nucs
Coy Bee Company
National Supplier
As a Certified member of the Russian Honeybee Breeders Association (RHBA), Coy Bee Company offers pure bred Russian bees from ALL Russian lines.
Offering: Russian queens
Dadant
National Supplier
For over 160 years Dadant and Sons has produced and sold the best beekeeping supplies & equipment available to beekeepers throughout the world. We offer the gear that you need to start your colony, care for it, and harvest its honey. We sell bee smokers, honey extractors, beekeeping clothing, beginner kits, and more.
Offering: complete beekeeping supplier
Starting your colony: any combination of a package, nucleus colony, or queen
Whether you are a new or seasoned beekeeper, there are a number of options available for obtaining bees - whether that’s for your first colony, to expand your apiary, or to requeen an existing hive.
The most common ways to purchase bees are in packages or nucleus (Nuc) colonies. Our suppliers offer a variety of options for every type of beekeeper.
