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  | Honey Bees & Beekeeping Supplies Complete Hives, Nucs, Queens, Supplies & Classes
 
  
    | 2025 & 2026 Honey Bees For Sale Taking orders for Fall of 2025 and Spring of 2026 Pick Up & Class Dates
 |  Location: San Antonio, TX Metro - Somerset, Texas 78069 |  
    | Please Note: ALL ORDERS are local pick up only - No Shipping! By placing an order with The Bee Place, you are acknowledging and agreeing to the process and terms explained on the
Ordering Agreement. We will email you the Monday prior to your pick up date to schedule an appointment and provide the address to use for the date. 
You will receive an email receipt for your order from "service@paypal" on our behalf. (check your spam folder if needed) Since we accept Credit/Debit Cards via PayPal, all payment information is processed securely by PayPal and they send the receipt. 
We do not see or have access to any credit card details. 
Contact Us for alternate payment options: e.g Check by mail, Venmo or Zelle (cash apps) - 
Download and Print our Honey Bee Health Certificate here.
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     | Complete Apiary Starter Kit Options 
        These Starter Kits come complete with everything needed to get started 
        keeping bees. Select the Add to Cart option below 
        for the Kit, then if additional hives are needed, select the continue 
        shopping link on the cart screen. Then return to this page and use the
        Add additional Hives with Bees 
        option below and input the number of hives (with bees preinstalled) on 
        the cart screen.
 Complete Apiary Starter Kits come with 
        the following:
 
          Standard: A Set of pure Italian Bees with Mated 
          Queen, Complete Assembled Bee Hive (see below for details), Feeder, 
          Hive Tool, Smoker, Bee Brush and a Seat in the Class - ($50 
          value)Optional: 
          
            Beekeeping Basics Group Class additional 
            seats sold separately (order here - 
            Beekeeping Class )Personal Protective Gear sold separately 
            due to personal preference variations - 
            Veils & Suits and Gloves Scroll down for kit details. Visit 
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    Bee Pick Up Day FAQs
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        Pick Up Date Options
 Click the date below to see additional dates
 
 | Assembled & Painted Hive with a Nuc of 
        
        Italian 
        Bees 
        Installed - The Starter Kit Includes the  following:
 Honey Maker Deluxe Starter Set
 1 Starter Kit, Hive w/Honey Super & 
         
        Bees
 
            
          1 - Seat in the Basic Beekeeping Class
  
          1 - 5 Frame Nuc of Bees w/Queen 
          installed*  
          1 - Telescoping Top Cover w/Inner Cover   
          1 - Medium 6⅝" Honey Super w/Frames  
          1 - Deep 9⅝" Hive Body w/Frames  
          1 - 1.5 Gallon Pro Feeder w/Cap & Ladder  
          1 - Screened Bottom Board 
          w/Entrance Reducer
            
          1 - 4" x 7" Smoker w/ Safety Guard  
          1 - Hive Tool 
  
    | Apiary Starter Kit $595 each |  
        $545 for each additional hive with bees & 
        feeder - add to cart below Visit the  
        Gloves & 
Veils, Suits & Jackets 
        pages to add Personal Protective Gear
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        | Add additional Hives with Bees | 
  
    | Add Honey Super Set $545 each |  
        Price is valid 
        
         with the purchase of the above Starter 
        Kit. Same as listed above, without tools or class. 
        Please use the Add to Cart button to the left to add more hives for the 
        same pickup date as the kit.
 Note: You will have the option to add/increase the number of additional 
        hives needed in the shopping cart window.
 
        As above - 
        Additional hives will have a nuc of 
        Italian 
        bees installed. These are recommended for beginning beekeepers. 
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    * = These hives come with a 5 frame 
    nucleus colony of bees installed into a Honey Super Deluxe hive set; 
    including a young mated queen and 3 blank frames and a feeder.Prices are per hive of bees and include the feeder, top, bottom and ratchet strap to 
    hold things together for transport.
 These will have the entrances closed the night before pick up and be ready 
    to load in any vehicle and set out at your location and release.
 
    Please visit the 
    FAQs page for general information about picking up and transporting bees 
     
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