Reserve Your Nucs

Douglas Bee Apiary and Planting Hope Apiary are excited to announce we will be offering Spring nucs again in 2026!! 

A quick “thank you” to everyone who participated in the 2025 Spring bulk nuc purchase. 

Once again, we are teaming up with the folks at The Boston Honey Company (BHC) to facilitate a large order of 5 frame deep nucs. These bees ARE NOT BEES FROM OUR APIARY, but we do trust the quality of the BHC bees. We also can’t say enough about the hard work these guys put in every year to produce quality nucs on a large scale.

Douglas Bee Apiary and Planting Hope Apiary will be offering 2026 spring nucs ($220 per nuc) and overwintered nucs ($235 per nuc).

All orders must be PREPAID

• 2026 Spring Nucs: $220 PER NUC 
• Overwintered Nucs: $235 PER NUC (limited supply)
• These 5 Frame Deep Nucs consist of a laying VHS queen, 3 frames of brood and 2 frames of honey or pollen. Past hives have been solid producers with gentle bees. The nucs come ready to go so pick-up day(s) will be simply “grab and go”. All nucs come with mated queens, no need to purchase a queen when you purchase a nuc.

• Mated queens: $50 each
• We will be offering mated queens from Boston Honey Company. Hopefully, I will have locally mated queens from my apiary by the middle or the end of May (depending on weather).

Delivery is tentatively set for late April (weather depending). Pickup from Douglas Bee Apiary is in New Castle, DE. Information on pick-up will be sent as time approaches to those who have purchased. Orders will be first come first serve.

If you would like to secure your spot for a nuc (or several) please let us know ASAP. The spots will fill up fast, we have already had calls! Please order by clicking “Reserve Nucs Now” or “Contact Us” and I will provide information for payment. Payment in full is the only way to secure your spot on the list.