Nucs

Note: 2021 Nucs are now sold out. Please email us to be put on the waiting list if you are interested; we may do a round of medium frame nucs in late June. 

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At Old Sol we focus on quality over quantity, and take extra time at every step of the way to assure ample, productive, well-vetted queens that will supply your apiary with excellent genetics and prosperous colonies.

Our nucleus colonies come complete with:

A 2021 double vetted, mated, marked queen*

4 frames of bees and stores

5 frame corrugated plastic box

1 gallon frame feeder with cap and ladder system to prevent drowning and burr comb

* You may choose from a Survivor Stock queen or a Caucasian queen.

Characteristics of our bees:

• Breeders are selected from a pool of over 2,500 colonies

• Selected for hygienic behavior

• Selected for low mite counts

• Northern bred for winter hardiness and no Africanized genetics

• All Breeder queens tested by the Bee Informed Partnership

• Selected for rapid buildup

• Fly at cooler temperatures

• Excellent honey production

• Mated queens are vetted for 3 weeks to assure a quality brood pattern, and a high acceptance rate.

• All queens are marked to make them easy to find and to monitor performance.

Nucs are for local (Rogue Valley) pick-up only and will be ready sometime in May.

Old Sol Nuc Distributors 

Oregon