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Queen Pricing
« on: July 28, 2007, 03:18:00 pm »
What do you think the average price for a queen is?
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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2007, 03:38:48 pm »
17-18 dollars
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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2007, 06:19:56 pm »
$20 To $25 dollars


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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2007, 07:45:18 pm »
 :-x I need to charge more.
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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2007, 08:52:28 pm »
$20 To $25 dollars




what kinda places you buy queens from??? $18 dollars is the adverage, the big guys sale for 15, if you buy 100 queens its $12, I have untreated bee's and sale for 18, MB sales the first at $29 the the second on for $19 I think......
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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2007, 11:10:07 pm »
I recently purchased one queen from MB $35 including shipping. If you offer free shipping at your price you have my business. Please send Me an e-mail I would like to purchase one of your queens.

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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2007, 07:05:39 pm »
I recently purchased one queen from MB $35 including shipping. If you offer free shipping at your price you have my business. Please send Me an e-mail I would like to purchase one of your queens.


didn't realize you were adding shipping in to your queen prices, he said queen prices average and if he was going to drive somewhere to pick up queens $18 bucks is about average. so with shipping your 20-25 would be about right,
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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2007, 10:23:28 pm »
Wow, I am paying to much. I purchase them from Sacramento Bee Store for $25.00 a queen.

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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2007, 01:26:28 am »
mine are 25 delivered to the bee store.  i pick up from there.
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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2007, 04:32:01 am »
i think 15€ would be somehow the average. queens with pedigree and stuff are a whole different story, anyway...ya 15€ but like a month ago this khm....i'll keep it for myself, sold the queens for only 7€ :-x

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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2007, 07:24:00 am »
>Wow, I am paying to much. I purchase them from Sacramento Bee Store for $25.00 a queen.

If you're getting a really good queen, you're not paying too much.  If you're only getting an average queen, then you are paying too much.

Is that counting shipping?

I went to Express mail which is usually overnight.  I get a lot less losses, especially in hot weather.  But the shipping is more than $16.
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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2007, 10:42:45 pm »
No shipping, I pick them up at the store in Sacramento. I believe, though, that they have been really good queens.

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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2007, 08:09:54 am »
if you want very good queenss at a great price that with shipping might cost around $25 call Dann Purvis... great queens

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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2008, 10:04:48 pm »
I think someone said you get what you pay for. I do ship free on orders of 5
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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2008, 10:50:20 am »
Mine are $15 plus shipping, so for one queen it would be $21.95, but if you order more than one queen the shipping is spread out over mutiple queens. :)

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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2008, 07:37:45 pm »
The guy I bought from last year was 15 said he was going to 28 dollars this year pick-up only. Thats why I'm trying to learn to raise my own. I have an appointment approx. 50 miles from my house this Friday to learn one on one how to raise my own queens. I think b-tween my wife and I we can give the local guy a little comp.  I can order a A.I. bred queen from Calif. for a $100. Jimmy

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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2008, 10:12:21 pm »
Annette I just payed $29 for a queen from TABER'S HONEY BEE GENETICS in vacaville. I kind of had to because Sac Bees don't have thier bee's in yet and the girls were not going to wait.

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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #17 on: April 12, 2008, 02:08:16 pm »
I ordered a queen from Purvis Brothers at $21.00 + shipping. Still dont know how much it will be yet for shipping, they dont ship until June.

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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2008, 05:49:32 pm »
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Re: Queen Pricing
« Reply #19 on: April 12, 2008, 07:11:33 pm »
Annette I just payed $29 for a queen from TABER'S HONEY BEE GENETICS in vacaville. I kind of had to because Sac Bees don't have thier bee's in yet and the girls were not going to wait.

Thanks for the info. I did not even know of another place to purchase queens, around here. I hope she turns out great.

Annette