Bees in Packages: Pick-up Santa Clarita

Package Bees: 3 lbs of Italian honey bees in a screened cage with VSH Italian mated & marked queen in a separate screened queen cage. The known gentle genetics of these Italian Honey Bees make them ideal for Backyard Beekeeping in Los Angeles. Packages can be installed in any style hive. We use and recommend Langstroth hives. The VSH-Italian queen bee is raised and naturally mated in isolated Northern, CA where there are no Africanized genetics ensuring gentle behaving offspring. Yes, they can still sting.  Package bees are only available once per year in the spring. Pre-orders for package bees begin November 1st the previous year and continue until 24hours before the scheduled pickup weekend. Package Bees cannot be re-scheduled for pickup outside of the set distribution weekend due to their time sensitive nature. RESTOCKING CHARGE: On all orders that are cancelled there is a $50 restocking fee per item for package bees, nucleus colonies, and complete hives. There is a $30 restocki