Bee hives for sale

Nucleus sales for the 25/26 season have closed. We will recommence providing colonies on 1 October 2026

Commonly known as a nucleus hive, bee nuc, baby bee hive, bee colony or a bee package, the live bee colony purchased is a colony of bees and a queen that is under 3 months old (unless it's later in the season).

A Nucleus Hive is a founding colony of bees with a queen. Our nucleus hives are four or five frames and whilst nature determines the exact combination of the frames, we aim to ensure the hive has generally 2-4 frames of brood and 1-2 frames of honey/nectar/pollen bread.

All hives are established with a young queen (<3mths old) to limit the swarming instinct but also ensure she is a productive layer. Queens within each nucleus are sourced from a breeder that is known for rearing calm, hygienic progeny. Nucleus cannot be guaranteed to be varroa free.

All colonies come in a Nuplas nucleus box and need to be collected from a Bulimba, Queensland address between 5-7pm on the agreed day.

If you have purchased a Flow Hive and are looking for a bee package to start your hive, this is the ideal place to start.

Image: Our goal is always to ensure you take delivery of a strong, productive hive with a body of worker bees that can quickly establish the nucleus hive in the new location.