White Oak Apiary
Beekeeping Done Right
"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways."
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
ALSO PLEASE SEE BELOW ABOUT SPRING NUC PICKUP INFO
WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO OUR NUCS BECOMING AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP. WE'RE GETTING SET BACK SLIGHTLY, DUE TO THE RECENT 20 DEGREE NIGHTS AND COLD DAYS BUT AS LONG AS THE WARM WEATHER COMES BACK WE ANTICIPATE THE FIRST ROUND OF NUC PICKUPS STARTING THE THIRD WEEK OF MAY, THE SECOND ROUND STARTING THE FOURTH WEEK OF MAY, AND THE LAST ROUND STARTING THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE. WE WILL CALL EVERYONE WITH THE PHONE NUMBERS YOU PROVIDED ROUGHLY 1-2 WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME TO LET YOU CHOOSE YOU YOUR EXACT PICKUP DATE, BASED ON WHEN YOU ORDERED YOUR NUCS.
WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AS WE UNDERSTAND HOW ANXIOUS EVERY ONE IS AND PROMISE WE WILL HAVE THE BEST BRED AND HEALTHIEST BEES AVAILABLE AS SOON AS MOTHER NATURE ALLOWS US TO. -MIKE
WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AS WE UNDERSTAND HOW ANXIOUS EVERY ONE IS AND PROMISE WE WILL HAVE THE BEST BRED AND HEALTHIEST BEES AVAILABLE AS SOON AS MOTHER NATURE ALLOWS US TO. -MIKE
2012 Nucs are Sold Out
We will
Make a very Limited quantity of June Nucs (sold out as well) for an extra fee of $30 ($150 total) for anyone who is interested in a late order. Please see our online store above to order. You call also call Mike at 845-661-5730 for more info.
(why the extra fee? When we make splits in june it lowers our honey production and give us less honey to sell so in order to compensate for that loss of production a $30 fee was initiated. Also labor wise its a time of year when we have to take ourselves away from other normal june duties and focus again on nucs which is okay but it does take us away from other important things that still need to be done as well. We do appreciate your understanding and look forward to getting you the best bees possible.)
I will be selling 5 frame nucs available Mid-May and after for $120 (sold out)
These are 5 deep frames of, brood, pollen, honey, and bees. They come in a cardboard nuc box so no box or frame exchange is needed. We also offer free beekeeping classes with ever nuc ordered. We will also be offering the option of ordering a 2 frame top-bar beehive for 120.00 as well (sold out for 2012), available for pick up the third week of may and later. They will come with 2 drawn out frames, 3lbs+ of bees, an already accepted and laying queen, pollen, honey, and brood. You will need to bring your top bar hive with you the day of pick up and put the frames into them. You can buy the whole hive frames and all but we will need to know ahead of time. Also there is no set frame size so if you anticipate taking this option please let us know what size hive you use and we will plan accordingly. Contact Mike at 845-661-5730 for more info.
These are 5 deep frames of, brood, pollen, honey, and bees. They come in a cardboard nuc box so no box or frame exchange is needed. We also offer free beekeeping classes with ever nuc ordered. We will also be offering the option of ordering a 2 frame top-bar beehive for 120.00 as well (sold out for 2012), available for pick up the third week of may and later. They will come with 2 drawn out frames, 3lbs+ of bees, an already accepted and laying queen, pollen, honey, and brood. You will need to bring your top bar hive with you the day of pick up and put the frames into them. You can buy the whole hive frames and all but we will need to know ahead of time. Also there is no set frame size so if you anticipate taking this option please let us know what size hive you use and we will plan accordingly. Contact Mike at 845-661-5730 for more info.
Our bees are a northern raised by me in New York and survive winters, unlike Georgia package bees that die no matter what you do. The 5 frame nuc will also build up 50% faster than packages will and are far healthier for it.
The queens you get will be a mixed race of Italian, German, Russian, Carniolan and Australian. I open mate my queens to avoid monoculture and inbreeding. I also set up my mating yards with hygenic tested hives so mites can be controlled naturally and without chemicals. I never use chemicals on my bees and never plan to, so you'll be getting bees that are strong and well worth the money.
We require a 25% deposit to be put on our nuc list payable through check or stopping by our honey stand Friday, Saturday or Sunday. You can call Mike at 845-661-5730 or visit our online store to purchase one before we sell out!
Bulk Prices are as follows
Late Season Nucs 150.00 SOLD OUT FOR 2012
1-5 120.00
SOLD OUT FOR 2012 6-10 110.00 SOLD OUT FOR 2012
11-20 100.00 SOLD OUT FOR 2012
21-50 90.00 SOLD OUT FOR 2012
51-100 80.00 SOLD OUT FOR 2012
2 Frame Top Bar Nucs 120.00 SOLD OUT FOR 2012
