Master Beekeeping with the 2026 Italian Package: Start Your Hive the Right Way

2026 Italian Package - $200

Each Package is a wooden box with metal screen sides, containing at minimum 3lbs of loose bees, a bred Italian Queen attached in a separate queen cage, and a can of sugar syrup for sustenance in travel, sealing the top of the package. Packages do not contain frames, brood, or an in-frame feeder. Packages are considered a more advanced method for initiating a new hive, and are not recommended for new or novice beekeepers. Please consider a nucleus colony for a more straightforward and successful installation and initiation.

Specifications: Package: • 6 in x 10 in x 16 in • Wood, metal mesh, metal can with sugar syrup, wooden queen cage with sugar candy • Isolated, bred Italian Queen • 3lbs minimum loose worker bees General Package Weight at Pick Up: 4-5lbs

At purchase, you will be directed to select your preferred pick up date from a calendar of available dates and times. Each date will have a firm pick up window, and instructions for pick up dates will be emailed with order confirmation information. We cannot make exceptions for custom pick up dates or times.

Recommended transportation, installation, and care instructions will be provided with the confirmation information, at pick up, and can be distributed at request as well. A Nuc Net is recommended but not required for customers intending to retrieve their bees in a vehicle with an enclosed cab, but not needed for open truck beds or trunk areas with sufficient are flow. Some drift of bees may be on the outside of the package at pick up, but will be removed to the best of the beekeeper’s ability at hand-off. We sell Nuc Nets for customers on site on the day of pick ups, as well as anytime online for your convenience.

Once the Package has been accepted and picked up by the customer, BeeWeaver no longer retains liability for lost or damaged bees and colonies, including in transport to the owner’s property from BeeWeaver property. We recommend that all customers take lessons and read information for the transport, installation, and care of packages before making the purchase for greatest success. To ensure protection against the unlikely case of a failed installation due to insufficient production practices from BeeWeaver, we require our customers to take photographic and/or video records of every interaction with their package, and submit those images and videos to BeeWeaver Management at management@beeweaver.com to initiate options for replacements or refunds.

Please call us at (737)230-3435 with any further questions or concerns involving your purchase, scheduling, pick up, and installation process. We are happy to help as much as possible and look forward to hearing from you!