Description
4 Frame Nucs Available May 2025
Start a strong new hive with Nucs from OPH Beekeeping Supplies late May to mid June 2025. Whether you are a beginner beekeeper, want a garden hive or want to increase your number of hives. This comes with a mated Ontario Queen. Our Nucs are of strong quality and have healthy Queens & Nucs. They are very gentle & big honey producers. Includes a cardboard Nuc box. The Nucs are full and ready to be installed into your beehive equipment so that they can expand and grow. **
Ontario Queens
We have strong 4 frame nucs. These nucs are made with Ontario queens & less chance with problems with shipping queens from abroad where the mated sperm can be affected from not ideal climate control Ontario queens generally produce large colony populations, high honey producers, with gentle and hygienic behavioral traits. Approximate pick up date end of May 2025 date to be confirmed within two weeks of pick up date. Pick up early morning 8AM-10 AM or 7 PM-10 PM appointment required. We recommend bringing your protective gear when coming to pick up bees. Transportation concerns are your responsibility. We do recommend you pickup in evening when foragers are inside the beehives. Optimal conditions is putting bees in back of pickup with tie down straps you may want to have a netting to cover the bees especially if you are picking up by car transport. We recommend feeding it especially if its new undrawn comb. They are ready to be installed in bigger equipment immediately.
CURBSIDE PICKUP or WE CAN SHIP ONTARIO WIDE but you must choose nuc with shipping box. For success with shipping nuc’s we send them in a vented box which is screened on the top and the bottom .
NOTE: OPH Beekeeping Supplies is not responsible for delays and by choosing to have nuc’s shipped, you’re accepting responsibility for nucs once they leave our facility. They are shipped with Canada Post with 2 day expeditated service.
We are not responsible for bees becoming overheated once they leave our care.
Pre-order now it will be first come first serve basis & nuc orders go fast due to the high quality of our nucs.
If you need hive equipment check out our beekeeping kits.
