Live Honey:  Nucs, Packages & Queens

Queen, Nucs and Packages

Queens: Looking to re-queen a hive, make a split, or prepare your own nucs? We offer mated queens, available mid-April through August, for shipment or pickup. Please check back for details on queens. 


5 Frame Nucs and Bee Packages: Charm City Honey Bees packages contain three pounds of loose bees with feed, and a mated, queen in a separate queen cage. A nuc (nucleus) colony is an already thriving colony of bees with a mated, marked queen and five deep frames of honey, pollen, and brood. Choose from spring nucs made by our trusted producer in early spring, or overwintered nucs, which we made early spring. 


Pickups will be scheduled in March or April depending on weather and availability. Please note: Bee packages and nucs are available for PICKUP ONLY at our location in Howard County Maryland. Charm City Honey Bees does not ship packages or nucs.


*Please note: If you plan to start a new bee colony, you need a nuc or package. Queens cannot establish a new colony by herself.*