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. 919 W Reynolds Ave , Centralia WA 98531; 360 623 3359; bees@woodsbeeco.com; website, https://woodsbeeco.com/. Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 12 to 5 pm; Closed Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, but you can call to make an appointment.
- CHEHALIS:
- 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
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.
- 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 / Brushy 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:
888 922 1293
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/