Stanwood Bee Company, LLC

The coop is built to last. We got the walk in and really love it. Highly functional and awesome curb appeal. Weve had multiple compliments in just the last day since the build. We got to meet Tims family too, theyre great people. We appreciate the accuracy in your product. Thank you.
Apr 3rd, 2024

Timothy made my chicken run, it is so beautifully crafted, love it!!! I highly recommend Stanwood Bee Company!!!
Mar 27th, 2024

Make sure you get what you pay for. Last year I ordered a nuc and ended up with a glorified package. Instead of receiving an established, proven queen with 5 frames of her eggs and brood I got anew caged queen with 5 frames of eggs and brood from who knows where. I was promised the new queen would be a "Rock Star" but instead turned out to be a lemon. Hands down worst experience I've had in 26+ years of beekeeping, with packages, nucs, swarms, splits and hives rescued from fallen trees. My advice; make sure you receive what you pay for, and deal with a vendor that backs their product Just Sayin! Just to clarify; When I arrived at the farm to pick up my nuc, I was presented with a 5 frame box with bees, brood and food, and had to wait while a queen was caught and caged. Because no other options were presented to me at the time and I was assured a newer/younger queen was the better option in the long run, and in the interest of expediency, I decided to move forward. It was only after the bees were installed and dispersed in a 10 frame box that I was given the option to return them. Totally possible but a bit inconvenient. My new queen was successfully installed and performed well for a brief amount of time, but it is problematic when there is a sudden drop in egg production and the workers start producing an abundance of supersedure and swarm cells, both indicative of problems with the queen. While it is true I received another queen from Stanwood Bees, it wasn't free, and was all for naught as there was apparently a virgin queen already established the hive. My contention is that this whole situation could have been avoided if I'd received the nuc I originally paid for and that the industry standard for nucs is to include an established laying queen in that nuc. The idea of introducing new queens into 5 frame boxes and labeling them as nucs is contrary to the practices of other suppliers I've reached out to. Nevertheless, I did walk away from the farm knowingly, so I bear some of the blame for being in a hurry and allowing myself to be convinced to gamble on a potential "Rock Star" queen. I'm sure most of Stanwood Bee Company's packages and nucs are successful and I don't think there is purposeful negligence or anything inherently dishonest, but obviously, I am not in total agreement with Tim's industry standards or resolution practices. Just sayin, make sure you get what you pay for.
Mar 20th, 2024

Stanwood Bee has been in invaluable resource for me helping get one of my hives back up and running with an extra queen and frames with built out comb he is an excellent resource for knowledge, and I recommend him highly
Mar 17th, 2024

Thank you Tim! The chicken tractor and extended run are gorgeous! Great workmanship and service!!
Mar 15th, 2024