2025 Ordering Information

Here we are again, it’s time to post bee orders for the 2025 season! I sit and type this on black Friday as it’s snowing a bit couldn’t be more excited for the coming season. I don’t know where you are, but it was a great year for producing bees but not a great honey production year. As always lots of learning was done in 2024 and I hope that doesn’t stop.

I say it every year and mean it, we know you have many choices when buying bees and queens, and we sure do appreciate you trusting us with your hard earned money! We cannot wait to see you soon! Thank you for allowing us to serve you for for 15 years now! If you have been happy with the service, please share our information to any beekeeping friends who need bees or queens.

3lb Package with marked queens $135
5 Frame Nucleus Colonies in plastic nuc box are $195

(If you would like to order quantities over 50 please reach out for special pricing)

Pickup for packages and NUCs will be in south east Bloomington, IL. Packages will be available for pickup on 4/19 in the morning. Nucs will likely be available in May but are weather-dependent. Orders are filled based on when the deposits are received. All nucs are inspected in my bee yards by the buyer at the time of pickup, so bring your veil! If you’re brand new, let me know, and we will make sure to have plenty of time for you to ask lots of questions and get some hands-on experience with the bees. All bees are inspected by state inspectors BEFORE your pickup date in accordance with Illinois state law.

Ordering Instructions:

To place your order, click on the link to our store in the upper right corner of our webpage. Click on the product and choose checkout now. You can modify the quantity you’re looking to purchase and choose update, when you’ve picked out everything, choose checkout. If you purchased from us last year and created an account, you can choose returning customer; if you’re new, you’ll fill out your information. Please be sure your email AND phone are the best to reach you at; we will not contact you unless necessary. It’s also a good idea to make sure our email address won’t be flagged as SPAM, preventing you from seeing your confirmation or future communications from us! After the order, you will have a confirmation email within minutes. If you don’t see that, please check your junk mail.

Payment Options:

We accept cash, check, PayPal, PayPal Credit, Venmo, Apple / Google / Microsoft Pay, or credit cards. When choosing payments please know you can pay by cash or check by choosing pay later with zero transaction fees to me! (this REALLY helps me out and I don’t deposit the checks until late March / early April).

Not Sure What To Order?

I put together a blog post a few years back outlining the differences as well as the pros and cons. Still deciding if you should buy a “Nuc” or a “Package” checkout, a blog post should answer most of your questions! Over the winter, I’ll be working on some blog entries to answer some of the common questions we see from new as well as some returning customers. If you haven’t enrolled in an introduction course, please find one locally, or I’m happy to recommend one.

Where Do I Buy My Hardware and Supplies?

We are NOT selling hardware, we are too busy focusing on bees. I’d direct your business to Hillco Bees LLC. We purchase gear from John over the years and can only say great things about his family run business. The quality is second to none, his prices are great, and if you have any issues he’ll make it right! Please consider supporting another local small business!

I Need Some Help!

If you have any questions please reach out either via text or email and I’ll be happy to help with product details, payments, ordering questions, or anything else! if you send an email and haven’t heard back within a few days please text or call!