Are the queens that are included with nucs marked?

Queens are marked with a colored dot on their thorax indicating the year they were mated.  In the case of young wintered queens for early nuc sales, the mark is a bit misleading because the dot would be the color of the previous year even though the queen has not been through a full spring […]

Where can we pick up our nucs?

We don’t mail nucs but we do have rendezvous locations in Victoria, Saanich and Crofton around the end of May.  If we have enough June nuc sales in those areas to arrange the a second trip we will do that but the second trips are not guaranteed.  Of course, anyone can pick up nucs from […]