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Complete Super Assembled
Other Beekeeping Tools & Equipment
Orders are taken over the phone: 505-286-4843 (click here to order by email)
Bee Jacket with Fencing Veil (specify size)
Bee Jacket with Hat and Veil (specify size)
See Pictures below
15206 Spur Embedder
15001 Frame Grip
12805 Bee Hive Tool
16147 Wiring Device
Smoker - 15239
Feeding Instructions for sugar syrup (please email us)
Orders are taken over the phone: 505-286-4843 (click here to order by email)
Call for all orders: 505-286-4843 or Email us at: ed@nmhoney.com
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Taking Orders for 2016
NOTE: Your may request your bees to be treated with oxalic acid vaporizer for the control of the varroa mite at no additional cost. The exception is package bees. We do not have time to treat packages in March and April. Oxalic acid is naturally occurring chemical found in many vegetables such as spinach. See the following article for details: click here
Our Single Hive with Bees ($300) is an 8 or 10 frame hive body with a fall queen, Frames are a combination of drawn comb with bees, brood, honey (nectar in various stages of ripening), and pollen. Most frames are fully drawn and full. This single hive has a temporary top and bottom for transport only. It is designed for the beekeeper who has some beekeeping experience. For beginners we recommend the Nuc in a hive.
When our bees are finished pollinating almonds in CA in mid March we move them into orange groves. We place a queen excluder between the two hive bodies. After one week we look for the hive body that the queen is laying in. We remove this hive body, put on a temporary transportation top and bottom and deliver these hives to select locations across the southwest. You can meet the truck at the location or if you are not able to pickup on that date a caretaker will hold the hive for you. We are making special arrangements to have a caretaker at each location.
These queens are a fall 2015 queen. It is difficult to get current season queens before May 1st. All queens have bee committed for years by the commercial queen breeders to their package bee production and to major beekeepers. We have had problems in the past getting queens intime to prevent our hives from swarming. By dividing this way we can get deliveries out early in the season. Our queens are installed in the fall which is best for the development of the hive for both fall, winter and spring. Beekeepers should requeen in late summer and fall every year to prevent early spring swarming.
We have taken most of the risk out of developing a hive of bees for you and have insured that the queen is a good laying queen with a good brood pattern.
When installing package bees there is a risk that the bees will act like a swarm and leave the hive after a few days. With the presence of open brood the bees will not leave. You do not need to transfer these bees into any other equipment. This hive will expand on its' own with proper food resources. These hives are delivered with a special top and bottom board for easy transportation with out endangering the hive of bees. When you reach the location where you are setting up your bees just remove these two covers and place on your bottom board and put your top cover on the hive. The frames in this hive have been arranged for optimum hive expansion. NOTE: You will need a second and third super as this is an actively growing hive (depending on food resources and hive management).
Orders are taken by phone: 505-286-4843 (click here to order by email)
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4 Frame Nucs are placed in a 5 frame wooden hive and includes a queen, 4 frames which are a combination of drawn comb with bees, brood, honey (nectar in various stages of ripening), and pollen. We have taken the risk out of installing package bees for you in a nuc and have insured that the queen is a good laying queen with a good brood pattern. When installing package bees there is a risk that the bees will act like a swarm and leave the hive after a few days. With the presence of open brood the bees will not leave. All you will need to do is transfer the contents of the nuc to you your Langstroth equipment. You may also keep your bees in the nuc for several weeks before transferring.
Our Nuc in a Hive with Bees ($290) is an 8 or 10 frame hive body with a fall queen, 4 frames which are a combination of drawn comb with bees, brood, honey (nectar in various stages of ripening), and pollen. This hive is transported with the a bottom board that has an entrance that is easy to open and close for transport. The bottom can be left on all year and opened and closed with the seasons. The top is a migrator top. This set up makes it easy to transport your bees in any vehicle without fear of bees coming out of the hive. We have taken the risk out of installing package bees for you in a nuc and have insured that the queen is a good laying queen with a good brood pattern. When installing package bees there is a risk that the bees will act like a swarm and leave the hive after a few days. With the presence of open brood the bees will not leave. All you will need to do is transfer the contents of the nuc to you your Langstroth equipment. You may also keep your bees in the nuc for several weeks before transferring.
3 # Packages are shaken from commercial hives and given a 2016 Italian Queen. Due to recent increases in the cost of package bees we have had to increase our price to $150.00. We deliver packages to a common meeting place. We can also arrange for you to pick up packages from one of our affiliates. Packages are not shipped via UPS or USPS because of problems with losses. We may be able to make special delivery arrangements depending on our delivery routes. If you are new to beekeeping we would recommend you purchase a 4 frame nuc (listed above). See the reasons why a beginner should consider a nuc over package bees.
Availability of BEES are all dependent on WEATHER and other factors which are out of our control. REFUND POLICY We do not offer refunds on orders of package bees, nucs or nucs in a hive . If you are not able to pick up your bees or accept delivery we will continue to hold the bees for you in a nuc or a single hive until a time when you can take receipt of them. If you are transferring your order to another person please send us a notice of transfer. Remember that PACKAGED BEES, QUEENS, Nucs and Hives is dependent on WEATHER and other factors which are out of our control.
Nucs are for pickup only in Albuquerque, NM and Mesa, AZ or they are delivered to pre-arranged locations in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, California, Oklahoma and Texas Call for locations 505-286-4843
Complete Hive Assembled (Includes):
Complete Hive Assembled With Bees:
Note: Picture shows a telescoping cover, but a migratory cover is included instead. See complete hive assembled above for migratory cover
Orders are taken by phone: 505-286-4843 (click here to order by email)
Spring, Summer and fall 2016: honey and bee pollen by zip code in Albuquerque and surrounding area.
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Bee Removal and Swarm Removal Bees in your home, yard, or any place on your property? We have 50 years of beekeeping experience and are licensed for pest control. Check out our page on swarms and removing bees.
Swarm Prevention - Removing brood and giving it to another hive Catching a Swarm that is Leaving: Bee Swarms In Orchard Part 1
Bee Swarm That Was Leaving Part 2
Lighting a smoker the quick and easy way
One Step Towards Swarm Prevention
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Online 5 new classes have been added
This is a video about a Top Bar Hive that has turned aggressive. It is moved to a remote location and the honey and brood removed and the hive prepared to be converted to a Langstroth Hive and given a new queen.
This is a continution of Part 1. We cannot find the queen so a queen excluder is attached to the bottom of the super, elevated and the bees shaken in front of the hive. We are preparing it to receive a new queen.
This is a continution of Part 1 & 2. We have prepared the hive it to receive a new queen. A queen is not available so we have taken a frame of eggs and young larva from a 2012 Carniolan Breeder queen and will insert it in the brood nest and then give the hive a 50/50 sugar water to help it get started.
Cornell University E.F. Phillips Beekeeping Library
ELAP Emergency Assistance for Honeybee Loss
The deadline to file for Honeybee losses for 2016 is November 1, 2016
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Reduce Your Property Taxes with Honey Bees a video has been posted at this link from the Albuquerque Beekeeping Class 2016
How Packaged Bees Are Produced
Honey
Our honey is produced in various yards throughout NM and Colorado.
Our primary yards are in Albuquerque, Belen, Corrales, Edgewood, Las Cruces, Los Lunas, Alcalde and Taos
Bumble bees, yellow jackets, paper wasps, ground nesting bees and honey bees
Again for 2016:
Honey and bee pollen by zip code in Albuquerque and surrounding area. Click here for more information. Where to Buy Honey & Pollen by Zip Code
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Educational Videos
Where we get the Lumber for the Products we make
Feeding and Adding Supers for Expansion of the Brood Nest (Chamber)
Drone Comb Removal to Reduce Varroa Mites
Inspecting a hive that was formerly a Tear Out
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