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For growers

Pollination Hire

Hives on your farm for the bloom, delivered and collected.

A row of hives at the edge of an orchard
For growers

Strong Colonies For The Bloom

We bring the hives in at the first flowers and take them home when the bloom is over, so your fruit sets and our bees eat well.

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How It Works

  • Before the bloomWe walk the farm and set the hive places
  • First flowersHives in at night, the entrances opened at dawn
  • The bloom3 weeks covered, a check every week
  • AfterHives out at night, before you spray

Estimate Your Hives

1200
18
  • Rate1.5 hives an acre
  • Hives30
  • The bloom30 × $90
  • Extra weeksBloom covered
  • Delivery2 truck runs
Estimate$2,940

$147 an acre

Hives an acre

By Crop

How many hives each crop needs to set well, never fewer than 4 on a farm; a truck carries 24 hives a run for $120.

  • Apples 1.5 hives an acre10 acres: 15 hives, $1,470
  • Pears 1 hives an acre10 acres: 10 hives, $1,020
  • Cherries 1.5 hives an acre10 acres: 15 hives, $1,470
  • Blueberries 3 hives an acre10 acres: 30 hives, $2,940
  • Strawberries 2 hives an acre10 acres: 20 hives, $1,920
  • Pumpkins & Squash 1 hives an acre10 acres: 10 hives, $1,020
  • Cucumbers 1.5 hives an acre10 acres: 15 hives, $1,470
What else we do

Other Services

Free call-out

Swarm Collection

A swarm in your yard? We come out free across the county, May to July.

Ask Us
$480 a year

Garden Hives

We set up and keep a hive in your garden; you keep the honey.

Ask Us