Want more bees?
PWRBA has not bought packaged bees in over a decade. We encourage all of our members, and beekeepers everywhere to learn how to use the bee's natural resources and inclinations to make bees from your own bees via nucs, splits, increases and more.
Make a nuc in 8 minutes or less (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEUlbcV7MsE
Nucs Nuts and Bolts- Pat and Jim Haskell's Nuc Presentation
Nuc Install (video)
PWRBA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE)
The Sustainable Apiary- Mike Palmer presentation at The National Honey Show
Meeting Mike Palmer- by Adam Foster Collins published in Bee Culture
Overwintered Honey Bee Nucleus Colonies: Big Solutions in Small Packages
Simple Ways of Making Increases
Managing Overwintered Nucs- A short field video lesson