Comparison of nuc prices across Canada, spring 2022
Note: this is not a comprehensive list of nucleus colony prices across Canada. Our sample is based primarily on what we could find by way of Google searches without great effort.
Nova Scotia
Country Fields, 4-frame nuc, $250 (https://www.countryfields.ca/products/nucleus-colonies-locally-sourced)
Kostia Makohoniuk, 5-frame, $240 (advertised on NS FB group, June 2022)
New Brunswick
NBGold, 4-frame $225, 5-frame $230 (https://nbeegold.ca/collections/nucs-queens)
Quebec
ABI Miel, 4-frame $195 (2021 price) (https://www.mielestrie.com/nucleis.htm)
Apiculture Patenaude, 4-frame, over-wintered queen $210 (https://www2.apiculture-patenaude.com/pages/achat-de-nucleis)
Ontario
Dancing Bee, $220 (https://dancingbeeequipment.com/collections/bees-1/products/nuc-june-25th-2022)
deGroot's farm, 4-frame $235 (https://degrootsfarm.ca/product/nucleus-colonies-with-degroot-bees/)
OBJ classifieds 2022 (https://www.ontariobee.com/sales-and-services/classified-ads)
Christoph Wand, 4-frame, overwintered queen $220
Chuck Magri Wildflowers Honey, 5-frame medium super $250
Westman Honey Producers, 5-frame $245 (https://www.westmanhoneybeeproducers.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2022-WHBP-Order-Form-2.0.pdf)
Saskatchewan
Grassland Honey, 5-frame $260 (https://www.grasslandhoney.ca/bee-nucs)
Hamilton Apiaries, 4-frame $265 (https://hamiltonhoney.ca/products.html)
Alberta
ABC Bees, 4-frame $260-$325 (https://abcbees.ca/shop/nucs-chcp/)
Robert Watson, 4-frame $345 (https://calgarybeekeepers.com/bee-store/bees/nucleus-nucs-honey-bees-for-sale)
British Columbia
B.C. Bee Supplies, 4-frame $320 (https://bcbeesupply.com/products/nuc-2020-4-frame-deep)
BeeKind Honey Bees, 4-frame $280, 5-frame $300 (https://bchoneyproducers.ca/info-for-beekeepers/classified-ads/)
Cowichan Bee Supplies, 4-frame $285 (https://cowichan-bees.com/shop/bees/bee-nucs/)
Island Bees, 4-frame $290 (https://islandbees.ca/nucs-and-queens/)
Okanagan Beekeeping supplies, 4-frame $300 (https://bchoneyproducers.ca/info-for-beekeepers/classified-ads/)
Sweetacre Apiaries, 4-frame $325 (http://www.sweetacreapiaries.ca/-bees.html)