LEWIS COUNTY BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION                                                          

Click here for a list of basic beekeeping supplies that a beginning beekeeper needs to acquire; for more information, visit our "Getting Started" page - click here.

BEEKEEPING SUPPLY OPTIONS

Except online suppliers, these vendors have visited meetings of the Lewis County Beekeepers’ Association to make presentations and/or display their wares, & several have donated materials to help support our educational programs. Trade, business, or product names have been used to provide information; no endorsement by LCBA is intended.

In Lewis County:

CENTRALIA: 

• Woods Bee Co., 610 State Street, Centralia WA 98531; 360 623 3359; bees@woodsbeeco.com.  By appointment only: there is a contact form on their website, https://woodsbeeco.com/about-us/ (scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Contact Us).  
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  CHEHALIS: 
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• Kaijas Garden & Pet, 623 NW State Ave, Chehalis, WA 98532; phone, (360) 748-4221
• The Farm Store, 561 Main St, Chehalis, WA 98532, (360) 748-3368
  
• Tractor Supply Store, 1050 Northwest Maryland Ave, Suite B, Chehalis WA 98532; phone, (360) 748-4327;  website, http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/store_CHEHALIS-WA-98532_1924
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  TOLEDO: 
  
• Beeline Products ~ Gary & Ginger Rogers, Old Cowlitz Landing Farm, 534 State Route 506, Toledo WA 98591; home phone, 360 864 2235; cell, 360 430 7716.  Email: paperman433@yahoo.com. Gary & Ginger are Beeline dealers; for Beeline of Rochester, scroll down.

In Thurston County:

ROCHESTER: 

• Beeline Apiaries, Harold Weaver & John Martin: 19019 Moon Road SW, Rochester 98579; Phone, 360 280 5274; email, beelineofwa@norcell.us . To download their 2017 catalog, click here.  Harold also sells package bees in season. Beeline Apiaries has discounted gear for LCBA's Youth Scholarship students since our program's inception in 2014.
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• Hive 5 Bees, Kevin Mills, 5100 180th Way S.W., Rochester WA 98579; Phone 757 376 2821; website, Hive5Bees.com; email, RochesterBees@gmail.com. Kevin sells nucs & honey at Hive5Bees; he also shares bee wisdom along with breakfast & lunch at Mills' Diner, 10109 US-12 Rochester, 360 273 9165.  In June 2017, Kevin donated 3 nuc bee colonies to help LCBA start our club teaching apiary.
  Elsewhere in Washington:

• SEQUIM:  Northwest Bee Supply.  Mike Radford: 855 796 8544. Sequim WA 98382-8166.   Mike sells package bees in season & will deliver to an airport near buyers. Mike also sells beekeeping equipment & anti-varroa tools. http://www.northwestbeesupply.com/

• LAKEWOOD:  Harvard Robbins:  Robbins Honey Farm, 7910 148th St. SW, Lakewood, WA 98439, (253) 588-7033; robbinslh@aol.com

FYI:  Ruhl Bee Supply / Brush Mountain in Portland, OR is now out of business. We will post updates about whether there will be a "new Ruhl's" when we have information.

In California:   

• Country Rubes, 20693 Dog Bar Road, Grass Valley, CA 95949; phone, 530-913-2724; email, rubes@countryrubes.com; website, countryrubes.com. (Owner Janet Brisson has unique screened bottom boards, key to her “integrated pest management” approach to beekeeping.)
  

Online Suppliers:

For details, check their websites:

• Dadant:   http://www.dadant.com /

             888 922 1293 

• Mann Lake:  http://www.mannlakeltd.com/

             800 880 7694 (free shipping with $100 order)  

        *  Glory Bee:   http://beekeeping.glorybee.com/ 

             800 456 7923

• Global Patties - sells pollen patties. Beekeepers in our group have found their bees like the 15% pollen mix.  Visit:  http://www.globalpatties.com/ 
  



Above, Woods Bees, Centralia;

bee-low, Beeline Apiaries' sign (photo, Cody Warren):

Below, Dahlia poses with Beeline Apiaries nuc, donated for LCBA's 2013 Holiday Potluck raffle raising funds for our 2014 Youth Scholarship Program. Beeline has discounted Youth Scholarship equipment 10% since LCBA started the program in 2014 

 Bee-low, Ruhl Bee Supply is now a division of Brushy Mountain Bee Farm.