For want of a better word
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Originally Posted by foghornleghorn View Post
Why do people buy packages? Is it cost vs over wintered nuc
Lower disease risk as there is no brood.
It is akin to factory farming where producers raise 1000s of calves to be weaned in factory conditions inside sheds... automatically fed , watered and waste cleared away... and then sold on in weeks to the "grasiers" who bring on for meat, or into dairy... and even exported .. ( will not even touch the veal and halal markets)
Big business and a cornerstone of farming today.
If you are a honey farmer and do not either have the time, aptitude or ability to raise your own queens and stock bees, then the only option is to purchase packages and queens.
Not many hobby beekeepers seem buy in packages, when nucs of bees are generally available locally.
However it is the practice of many suppliers to make up nucs from packages.... for the hobby market.
Yeghes da
Why do people buy packages? Is it cost vs over wintered nuc
Lower disease risk as there is no brood.
It is akin to factory farming where producers raise 1000s of calves to be weaned in factory conditions inside sheds... automatically fed , watered and waste cleared away... and then sold on in weeks to the "grasiers" who bring on for meat, or into dairy... and even exported .. ( will not even touch the veal and halal markets)
Big business and a cornerstone of farming today.
If you are a honey farmer and do not either have the time, aptitude or ability to raise your own queens and stock bees, then the only option is to purchase packages and queens.
Not many hobby beekeepers seem buy in packages, when nucs of bees are generally available locally.
However it is the practice of many suppliers to make up nucs from packages.... for the hobby market.
Yeghes da