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Becoming a Hobby Beekeeper…..getting started:
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When bees become available, they will be put in your equipment for pickup.<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhen extra bees are available, they need to be put in a “home” (AKA a brood or nuc box) for transport.\u00a0 It is best for the bees if this box is yours and can be closed up and taken away by you to be placed in your new location.<\/strong><\/p>\n

NOTE:\u00a0 Due to the very unusual February 2026 hard freeze nights, many local area beekeepers lost all or many of their hives and extra hive availability has been reduced significantly.
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\nBees and beehives are sometimes available via some participants in our local hobby beekeeping group, Bees Boyz and Girlz<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here is what would be available when I have extra bees……<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

$100\u00a0 —\u00a0 Just the bees.\u00a0 You provide your own hive or nuc box and then the built out and populated frames with a queen are placed in YOUR hive\/nuc box.\u00a0 By having the box on hand, the process can be smoother since it is readily available right when there are bees.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

IMPORTANT…..ALL of these bees come from splits\/swarms\/removals that the\u00a0 BB&G beekeepers occasionally do.\u00a0 You can use the contact page<\/a> on this site to get more information on obtaining any of the above. Bees and beehives will depend on what the beekeepers have currently available and that aspect will change\u00a0 week to week during the season.
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\n<\/span><\/strong>Getting started in hobby beekeeping can sometimes seem a little overwhelming.\u00a0 Learning what you need to know, assembling all the required hardware and then finding a source for a package of bees to be shipped to you is not easy.\u00a0 In addition, packaged bees from other parts of the country are not always best suited for our southwest Florida area.
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A complete beehive consists of a brood box, bottom board, top cover board, frames and foundation (including bee built brood\/pollen\/nectar comb), and, of course, bees with a laying queen.\u00a0 In general, locally raised queens\/hives will outperform those obtained from commercial queen\/package farms because they are better adapted to the southwest Florida location.\u00a0 When the Bees Boyz and Girlz group has some bees available, the bees will run around $100.\u00a0 You can buy all the necessary wooden hardware online from places like MannLake<\/span><\/a> and all you will need is a bee suit and a few simply tools and the willingness to join the wonderful world of backyard hobby beekeeping!\u00a0 Contact me <\/span>here<\/a><\/span> .\u00a0\u00a0
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\nWhat bees are available changes often.\u00a0\u00a0
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A complete langstroth beehives consists of a bottom board, a brood box with 10 natural comb and wax coated plastic foundation wood frames, a telescoping top covered board, and a well established hive of bees and their queen.\u00a0 All finger joint beehive boxes should be primed and painted to stand up to the elements. <\/p>\n

Please be aware, like any endeavor with wildlife, there is never any guarantee of success.\u00a0 Nobody can give you a guarantee when it comes to having a beehive.\u00a0 Beehives can get overwhelmed with pests and disease, or, in some cases, just decide to leave the hive if they don’t have the flora in the area.\u00a0 Being a beekeeper involves all the ups and downs associated with a hobby that is based on a living organism.
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New Langstroth hives ready for bees<\/p><\/div>
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