Nuc availability
The following people have listed nucs available for sale in the Kalamazoo area. Please note: KBC takes no responsibility/makes no guarantees about any of the nucs listed below and simply is presenting this list as a resource.
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Jump to: Hivemonkey Apiaries | Kobe Apiaries | Ramze Idriss | Rebecca Park | Sammy’s Bees
Hivemonkey Apiaries | Paul Miller
Email: pete17250@gmail.com
Phone: 260-293-0260
Location: Middlebury, Indiana
Frame Height: Deep
Approximate Date Available: 5-24-2025
Kobe Apiaries | Matthew Kobe
Email: kobeapiaries@gmail.com
Phone: 517-861-6782
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Frame Height: Deep
Approximate Date Available: 5-17-2025
Our bees are Michigan bees that stay in Michigan year-round. We raise our queens from our overwintered stock. We select for gentleness, productivity, hardiness, and varroa resistance. Our queens are open-mated in our apiaries, so we do not claim them to be any specific race or subspecies. Instead, they are hybrids of the local bees surviving in our area. These bees are often referred to as “Michigan Mutts.” All queens will come marked. Nucs come in Pro Nucs which are yours to keep.
Suppressed Mite Reproduction (SMR) and Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH)
In 2023, we added genetics to our apiaries from Stevens Bee Company, Harbo Bee Company, VP Pol-Line 2.2, and USDA ARS Pol-Line. These genetics were specifically selected for their mite resistance characteristics (Suppressed Mite Reproduction (SMR) and Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH)). We will use the Harbo assay to continue to select for mite resistance to propagate these genetic traits within our apiaries. NOTE: No queen can be proven SMR/VSH until her colony has been assessed using a Harbo assay.
Overwintered Nucs
Our overwintered nucs are headed by a marked overwintered Michigan queen and five deep frames containing bees, brood, honey, and pollen. Some people prefer overwintered nucs as the queen has proven genetics that can carry her colony through the winter. As these nucs come with overwintered queens, we will have a limited number available. The pickup date of these nucs is weather-dependent, but they are generally available in the middle of May.
Spring Nucs
Our spring nucs are splits from our overwintered colonies headed by a new marked laying queen grafted from our stock and five deep frames containing bees, brood, honey, and pollen. Some people prefer spring nucs as they come with a new young vibrant queen. The pickup date of these nucs is weather-dependent, but they are generally available in the middle of June. We will have a limited number of spring nucs available.
Ramze Idriss
Email: idrissnursery@gmail.com
Phone: 269-503-0404
Location: Sturgis, Michigan
Frame Height: Deep
Approximate Date Available: 5-21-2025
Last year I caught 12 swarms. I do not need to increase my apiary anymore. If there are members who could use a swarm I would be interested in sharing with them. They would have to come to Sturgis to collect them. I could work out any details about transfer with the person who could use them. Please feel free to call. Leave me a message and I will call back. Too many spam calls.
Rebecca Park
Email: drdairy@yahoo.com
Phone: 517-243-0777
Location: Laingsburg, Michigan
Frame Height: Deep
Approximate Date Available: 5-15-2025
Sammy’s Bees
Email: sammymohler@gmail.com
Phone: 574-538-1795
Location: Goshen, Indiana
Frame Height: Deep
Approximate Date Available: 5-18-2025
Five-frame nucs. Mated and virgin queens.