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and of course, 
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Honey Bees

Home of the CarolinaBee-line of Queens & Nucs and Georgia Packages...

Just wanted to let you know that the queen I purchased from you last year is doing amazingly well. Many full frames of brood in that hive.
-Michael M, 2011
Oh my, what a surprise! [...] We've never had such a thriving hive before!
-Janet and Ralph R., 2012 (coming out of winter!)


[order honey bees]
Honey bees for sale; availability: May, June, June, August
Reserve bees online via the link above or call our Carolina BeeLine.

...serving the small-scale regional carolina beekeeper...
CarolinaBee Queens,
CarolinaBee Nucleus Colonies, and
Georgia Packages

CarolinaBee Queens and Nucs
From our breeding program, available May - August
Note: we are already sold out of Nucs for May 2013

The traits we select for...

  1. Strong brood laying pattern.
  2. Survivability.
  3. A gentle, happy, bee-nature!

Our CarolinaBee line of queens and 5-frame nucleus colonies have been genetically selected over the years for survivability.

The bulk of our CarolinaBee genetics come from Italian honey bees with a healthy infusion of feral stock — honey bees adapted to our region, North Carolina1. In the end, our bees are mutts, which we think is a good thing . We are not so reliant upon strict pedigree. We are reliant on behavior and performance.

Availability: We only offer CarolinaBee queens and 5-frame nucleus colonies in May, June, July, and August. We do not frame swap with nuc purchasers.

Georgia Packages
Packages for sale, sourced from Georgia, available every April/May
[2013 Date of Pickup: April 28th]

The Carolina Bee Company does not currently produce packages of its own. For our customers convenience we supply a limited number of 3lb packages for sale that we obtain from a high-quality, reputable breeder in GA. We also incorporate a few of these packages ourselves into our genetic stock. These bees are of European and Carniolan stock.

Availability: We only offer Georgia Packages for sale for delivery on one day in April or May. (For 2013, April 28th!)


The Carolina Bee Company Difference

Customer service: The quality of our queens is guaranteed2.
Toxic-chemical free: In line with our Certified Naturally Grown status and principles.
Regionally selected: As adapted to our region1 as possible.
Genetically diverse: We bee trade with other breeders to improve our stock3.


[order honey bees]
Honey bees for sale; availability: May, June, June, August
Reserve bees online via the link above or call our Carolina BeeLine.

  1. North Carolina and surrounding states -- Emphasis: the North Carolina piedmont and coastal plains.
  2. Guaranteed until the colony overwinters. Overwintering success involves so many variables that we can not extend a guarantee beyond the 1st productive year of a queen. We also do not guarantee against losses due to beekeeper error (of course).
  3. With an emphasis on beekeeping operations that follow our principles as closely as possible.