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Honey bees clustered under the inner cover of one of our hives

Spring 2027 reservations · waitlist open

Locally bred honey bees from the heart of the Inland Northwest.

Overwintered nucs and locally bred queens, raised in the timber on ten forested acres outside Deer Park, Washington.

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Why our bees

Raised here, for here.

Five things we don't compromise on — and the reason our nucs come through Inland Northwest winters.

  • Locally bred

    Queens grafted from our own breeding stock, open-mated to local drones. We don't import.

  • Overwintered in the Inland Northwest

    Spring nucs come from colonies that overwintered on a single deep. The bees we sell already proved they can live here.

  • Bees never travel

    No almond pollination, no California trucking. Our colonies stay in the same forest year-round and never share a yard with bees that have.

  • No synthetic miticides

    Oxalic acid only. No Apivar, amitraz, formic, or thymol — ever.

  • Local pickup only

    Scheduled pickup days in Deer Park and, as we grow, towns around the region. No shipping — bees travel best when you carry them home yourself.

What we sell

Two products. Built around what the Inland Northwest needs.

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Top-down view of one of our open hives during an inspection

5-Frame Nuc

Three frames brood, one frame honey/pollen, one drawn comb with bees, headed by a locally bred laying queen. Waxed cardboard transport box included.

$225 · $50 deposit holds your slot
A small overwintered colony on its pine round in summer

Queens, when we can spare one

Almost every queen we raise heads a new colony of our own. But if your hive's gone queenless mid-season, ask — when we have a laying queen from our breeding line to spare, she's yours.

$100 · when available · pickup only

Where they fly

Bees are only as good as their forage. The forage here is exceptional.

Our hives sit on pine rounds back in the timber on our ten acres, each on the biggest round we can cut — off the duff, away from ground moisture, and steady when we work them.

But the bees don't stay home. Williams Valley is what they fly into — homesteads and small farms, hay fields, horse pastures, mountains on every side. Varied country means there's always something in bloom somewhere.

One of our hives bearding in the evening on a pine round in the forest
March
  • Willow
  • Maple

First pollen — creekside willows and yard maples, often with snow still on the ground

April
  • Dandelion
  • Wild cherry
  • Oregon grape
May
  • Orchards
  • Canola

Canola fields go yellow like paint

June
  • Alfalfa
  • Sweet clover
July
  • Lavender
  • Alfalfa
  • Thistle

A lavender farm three miles over the ridge

August
  • Knapweed
  • Sunflowers
September
  • Knapweed
  • Clover

The last of the season

Half a dozen nectar sources across the season instead of feast and famine — and the queens we breed from grew up on that abundance.

Spring 2027

We're sold out for 2026. Get on the list for next spring.

Reservations open before pickup season. Waitlist members get first crack at slots before the public booking page goes live. No spam, no marketing — just one email when there's something to act on.

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