LOOKING FOR BEES?
Your best bet for getting bees is to join your local beekeepers association. It”s a great place to learn the art of beekeeping and you will hear opinions ranging from organic save-the-bees types to the I-bet-I-can-get-more-honey-than-you guys.
We’re listing sites as we come across them, but we can’t vouch for them. We’re only listing sources for bees bred for disease and pest resistance as we feel that it’s only by equipping our honeybees with genetic resistance to disease and selectively bred behaviors to defend themselves from pests that we can once again have a truly sustainable wild population of this most important pollinator.
No matter where you get you bees you can completely change the genetic makeup of your hive in one bee generation by introducing a different queen. We recommend buying inseminated queens as they are already mated with resistant male genes.
Resistance-bred stock:
A Plus Queens – (434) 292-4428 Virginia – Hygienic Italian, VSH – queens and queen cells – pick-up only mg.carney@yahoo.com
Arnold Honeybee Services – (865) 693-9381 – Tennessee – Italian, Russian
Avoyelles Honey Co. – Louisiana – (318) 964-2592 – Hygienic Italian – Queens and packages
B Weaver Apiaries - Packages, queens, late stage queen cells.
Bee Happy Apiaries – (530) 795-2124 – Northern California – VSH/SMR Russians, New World Carniolan – Packages and Queens
Bjorn Apiaries – (717) 938-0444 – Pennsylvania – Russian, VSH/SMR, Italian. Queens and Nucs – email: MIKEANDIDA@cs.com
Busy Bee Apiaries – (919) 942-2006 – North Carolina – Hygienic Italian – Queens only
Buzz’s Bees – (530) 882-4302 – California – Hygienic Italian Queens and Packages – email: buzzsbees@pulsarco.com
Cantu Apiaries – (863) 735-1679 – Florida – Hygienic Italian x VSH/SMR, Russian, SMR,/VSH Carniolan – Queens
Coma Apiaries – (530) 547-5773 – Northern California – Hygienic Italian, Cordovan Italian – Queens only
Glenn Apiaries also breeds for Varroa and tracheal mite resistance. Instrumentally inseminated queens only – Italian, Carnolian, USDA hybrids, many others. By the way, excellent information on bees and genetics.
Harper’s Honey Farm – Russian breeder queens
Honey Bee Genetics – (707) 449-0440 – Northern California – Hygienic Italian x VSH/SMR, Russian- Packages and Queens
Honey Bee Insemination Service – New World Carniolan breeder queens
Honey Land Farms – (352) 429-3996 – Florida – Hygienic Italian, VSH/SMR – Queens and packages – email: honyapis@aol.com
Hunter Apiaries – (540) 577-4699 – Hygienic Italian – queens only – Email: apiscustos@hunterapiaries.com or kwh1955@att.net Website: www.hunterapiaries.com
Jester Bee Co. – Arkansas – (870) 531-2373 – Hygienic Italian x VSH, Russian – - Queens and packages – email: jesterbee@eritter.net
Kitchen, Kevin – (828) 884-6414 – North Carolina – Hygienic Italian, Russian – Queens and nucs
Latshaw Apiaries - Carniolan, Cordovan
Lohman Apiaries – (530) 476-2322 – Northern California – Carniolan – Queens and packages (pick up only)
Lucas Apiaries – (805) 914-4053 – Southern California – Hygienic Italian – Cordovan – Carniolan – Queens and Nucs
Mike’s Bees and Honey – 419-365-9902 – Ohio – Italian Queens
Miksa Honey Farms – (352) 429-3447 – Florida – VSH/SMR – email: miksahf@aol.com – Queen cells
McCary Apiaries – 601) 401-5582 – Mississippi – Cordovan Italian – Packages and Queens
Noble Apiaries – (707) 628-6046 – Northern Calif. – Hygienic Italian, Russian, Carniolan – queens, nucs and packages
Olivarez Honey Bees – (530) 865-0298 – Northern California – Hygienic Italian, Russian – Packages and Queens – email: info@ohbinc.ws
Olympic Wilderness Apiary – (866) 204 -3426 toll free – Washington – Russian x VSH/SMR – Queens only June to October
Pendell Apiaries – (530) 963-3062 – Northern California – Cordovan Italian – Queens only
Powell Apiaries – (530) 865-3346 – Italian, VSH/SMR, VSH/SMR x Russian, – Northern California – Packages and Queens
Purvis Brothers Apiaries – 706 781 3128 – Georgia – Italian
Strachan Apiaries – Northern California – (530) 674-3881 – New World Carniolan, Russian, and Hygienic Italian Packages and Queens, Breeder Queens
VP Queen Bees – 8100 Overlook CT, Frederick, MD 21702 (301) 662-4844 email: info@vpqueenbees.com
WG Bee Farm – Frank & Linda Wyatt – (336) 635-5821 – North Carolina – VSH x Hyg. Italian, VSH x Carniolan, VSH Cordovan Italian – Queens & Nuc’s – email: wytgrp@embarqmail.com
Zia Queenbee Co – Mark Spitzig & Melanie Kirby – 505-689-1287 – New Mexico -VSH, Survivor- email: ziaqueenbees@hotmail.co