Bee Packages & Queens
The Bees
We offer our customers 3 lb packages, each with a mated queen. As an option, you may request an Italian, Carniolan or Buckfast Queen with your order. Please note, breed preferences are not guaranteed.
We now offer packages from Georgia, in addition to northern California.
Italians are the most popular honeybees in the world and are excellent honey producers, disease resistant, and gentle.
Carniolan honeybees have a reputation for surviving long, harsh winters; and build up quickly in the spring.
Buckfast honeybees share characteristics of both Italians and Carniolans; they have been a great producer for Honey Trails in recent years. Raised in California, these are not the typical hot-Texas variety of years past.
Order & Pick-Up
All orders for packages are on a first-come-first-serve basis. Please print and complete the below form. Full payment is required for all orders, with checks payable to Honey Trails LLC. Once completed, please send to the Honey Trails Home.
Arrangement for payment with credit card can be scheduled in advanced with Chris at the Honey Trails Home but will be subjected to a 4% processing fee.
All orders are for pick-up at the Honey Trails Home only. Sorry, no shipping.
All payments are non-refundable.
You will be contacted once pick-up date has been verified. Due to weather and other shipping factors, exact day of pick-up is TBD, but can be expected in April.
All ordered packages must be picked up within 48 hours of notice of arrival.
Queen Replacement Policy
We will only replace dead queens, free of charge, in cage with original corks in place that were found dead when packages were opened within 48 hours of pick-up.
Call us immediately when discovered. Queens must be returned in original cage.
Packages must be installed in a timely fashion, regardless of weather conditions, for warranty to apply.
Free queen replacement will not occur for the following reasons:
Queen flew from the cage.
Workers did not release.
Queen froze due to placement in hive.
Queen was rejected or supercedured.
These are industry standards. No exceptions.