Last week I purchased a nuc from a Kent, WA, commercial beekeeper for $100 to set up as a second hive. (No packages or nucs available out on the Olympic Peninsula, as it’s too late.) The beekeeper has an ad on CraigsList and said he’d have nucs for another couple of weeks. The nuc was very strong and seems to have revived my failing hive somehow too, so now I have two strong hives going. Can recommend the Kent source if you want to spend $100 on a nuc which has three frames of brood, two of honey/pollen, tons of bees and a young queen. The bees seem are carniolan/italian mix, I think. Gentle and very very busy!
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