Is selling queen bees profitable?
In fact, one of the most popular and profitable methods is by selling bees, queens, and nucleus colonies. This does require you to slowly build a market for your bees, but it can be more profitable than honey production and quite a bit less work.
How long does a queen bee live?
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are eusocial insects that exhibit striking caste-specific differences in longevity. Queen honey bees live on average 1–2 years whereas workers live on average 15–38 days in the summer and 150–200 days in the winter.
How much land is needed for beekeeping?
Each hive takes up about 2.5 square feet and should have a radius of space around it of at least five feet. Most beekeepers have between one and four hives.
How many bees do I need to start a hive?
The average backyard hobbyist should always start with 2 or more. Why? With two hives, you can compare the hives to each other. Usually if both hives are acting the same way, it is a normal bee “thing”.
Where to buy a queen bee?
Buy your queen bees for sale from Lappe’s Bee Supply and get them shipped directly to your door, or they can be held for pick up from your local post office! Place your orders to buy live bees online or call us at 641-728-4361 to pick up local from our bee supply honey farms.
How to buy a queen bee?
Queens available for sale from spring 2021 until mid-August
Where can you buy queen bees?
Need a new queen bee for your hive? Browse Ebert Honey’s online store for Italian and Carniolan queen bees to be shipped directly to you. Our queens are guaranteed to arrive alive. Shop our online store today!
How much does a Queen Bee cost?
If you have bees or if you manage to catch a swarm a queen bee can be completely free. If you decide to purchase a queen prices can be as low as $20, although they are usually somewhere around $30 in many cases and when you don’t want anything special. Queens mated in controlled circumstances with a pedigree can easily cost $300 or more.