" Then I started shopping around and found the lows around $130 and the
highs at or above $175"

A lot of time the devil is in the details.  I did the same kind of shopping around.  I found some suppliers sold out for the season already.  I also found those $130 or $140 per package prices were for pick up in the deep south.  Add in UPS shipping and a $140 three pound package is $190 at your door in the north.  It sure does not seem there is any lack of demand at all based on "sold out" and active list prices.  Sounds like I should raise my over wintered nuc prices.  What is an over wintered nuc which is ten frames of bees and five frames of brood worth compared to a $200 three pound package?  The problem is I see ten deep doubles for sale after almonds for $200 before shipping.

Dick

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