Packages Of Bees & Nucs

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David now offers ONLINE BEEKEEPING COURSES: Basic Beekeeping, Spring Management, Queen Rearing, Advanced Beekeeping and Getting Your Bees Through 

Our nucs and packages are pick up only in Central Illinois (address below)

 Individual Package Bees and 5 Frame Illinois Overwintered Nucs go on sale on January 1 each year online only at honeybeesonline.com. until sold out. You can find all information below the products below -- depending on your device, you may need to scroll to read the information. 

3 lb Packages with Italian Queens (no marking available)

The date for pick up of Packages is Sat., April 26, 2025 

The date for pick up of Nucs for 2025 is TBA (late spring)

We will advise you of pick up dates.  Bees tell us when they are ready - we don't tell them, so please understand that while we will try to keep you up to date, we can't make promises for certain dates for pick up, so consider that if you have personal plans to arrange around. 

Pick up location: 14556 N 1020 E Rd., Fairmount IL 61841

Leave yourself time around the end of the month of April if picking up packages, and late May - early June if picking up nucs because of possible date changes, we unfortunately won't be able to work around travel, vacations or other issues you may have.  While we do everything we can to alert you to any date changes, it is ultimately your responsibility to know when the pick up date is.

We keep you informed on the date via the front page of our website beginning 4/1/.  Check it one last time before coming over. Because of possible date changes,  we recommend only customers within a few hours drive to pick up from our location.

Meanwhile, check out our beginning beekeeping workshops - online now!

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