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Coastal Bees Overwintered Honeybees for sale 5 Frame Deep Nucs every April Pick up locations in Chesapeake

06/15/2026

Learning the different stages of brood formation is important in understanding how to read your frames during inspection. This is worker bee larvae at about 6 days into its 8-10 journey before being capped and starting its pupa phase of growth.

06/10/2026

This queen has layed eggs all throughout her brood box and now is searching for a free cell to continue her job. But this frame is filled with nectar and after her hunt for clear cells is unfruitful she moves on to another frame in her hive. Adding a 2nd brood box with drawn frames will give her instant gratification offering new cells to lay her eggs and will help her build a super strong hive.

06/03/2026

Sometimes bees fan to regulate their temperature, but when you see them around the entrance to their hive fanning with their abdomen pointing upwards it’s usually to spread their pheromones and alert other disoriented bees as to where their hive is. This happens with nucs and swarms or newly transplanted hives mainly.

05/28/2026

Some beekeepers struggle to find the queen during inspection. But if you learn the signs to look for, this process becomes easier.

05/19/2026

Using advanced facial recognition, the bees piece together your features like a puzzle using a process called configural processing. They really do get to know you almost the same way a cat or dog does.

05/17/2026

These native bees are excellent pollinators to wild flowers and numerous fruit and vegetable plants. They are crucial to our food supply and should be protected- never killed. They are known to be better pollinators than the honeybee and are even commercially produced for pollination purposes. This queen Common Eastern Bumble Bee has found an empty beehive with leftover resource frames and knows she has hit the jackpot. It’s insulated and the perfect spot for her to set up camp to establish her new colony. Although she could never cohabitate with honeybees as they would see her as an intruder and would most likely ball her to death. She’s not honey producing but she’s so very important to our ecosystem. Protect native bees and understand how important they are to our world.

05/13/2026

3 days after the new queen cage was added to this hive, the bees freed her and she began laying her eggs immediately. This hive is now considered queen right!

05/06/2026

This queenless hive was more than happy to receive a new majesty. See how quickly the bees pick up on her pheromones and surround her before I could get out of the way. This hive was desperate for a mated queen and today was its lucky day!

04/27/2026

Fast moving queens are either trying to find a clean cell to lay her egg in or she is sensitive to the light causing her try to run on the frame seeking darkness. In this case it’s the first option.

04/15/2026

Aydlett bee pick up is underway and the queens and nucs are going quickly. Get in touch with us to make a reservation.

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