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Keith Tayon (314) 503-4670
MOHONEY@LLRCO.COM
St. Louis, MO

I have several colonies with their own queens, that I do not need since I came out of winter stronger than I expected.  I run all 8 frame medium size boxes and these are typically 3 box colonies full of bees.  You could split these to increase your numbers.  Or they could be supered to take advantage of the rest of our early summer flow for drawing comb, or possibly some honey production if you already have drawn comb to give them.  (There also may be a few 5 frame medium colonies w/ multiple boxes as well.)  All are local stock with open mated queens within my yard, or queens from feral colonies that I have taken out of structures.  Some are overwintered & some are swarms within my yard from this spring.  These are not splits that were made using mated queens that I have bought from others.

Offering these as frames only since I am reducing my colony count but not reducing my equipment.  So no equipment other than frames are being sold (ie. no hive bodies, bottom boards, lids, etc.)  Willing to transfer the frames with all the bees from the colony to your equipment just before dark to maintain as much of the field force as practical if you wanted.  Selling the whole colony as a unit & not breaking them up to sell by the box.  $60 per box.

I also may have colonies that were cut outs (removed from structures) this spring/early summer.  These cut outs likely would need to be fed/nurtured this summer & fall to build up to get them through winter.  Price will depend on size, condition, etc.

If I happen to have some small colonies with what I believe are this years queens, I would consider selling the queens from those.

Feel free to call or text.
Keith (314) 503-4670

5/30/25