Classifieds
Looking to buy or sell beekeeping equipment or bees? Our classifieds section connects beekeepers across Manitoba with the resources they need. Whether you’re searching for high-quality gear or a new colony to expand your apiary, you’ll find it here.
Get connected with Manitoba’s beekeeping community today!
Equipment
Find or sell beekeeping tools, hives, extractors, and other essential gear.
- For Sale – Browse listings for used and new beekeeping equipment.
- Wanted – Looking for specific items? Post a request to the community.
Equipment – M.W. Friesen
1) Honey Supers: Standard langstroth super (9 5/8 depth), 8 frames with metal spacers, Most with cut handles, all with 7/8″ cleats on short side. Mostly wood with plastic foundation, with 1/4 ish frames one piece plastic frames. $40/each (aprox. 1400 available)
2) Brood chambers: Used last summer. Standard Langstroth super with 10 frames, cut out handles. Most have 7/8 thick super walls. Bottom board and flat lid provided. $15/each (approx. 350 available).
Email with questions or for pictures: M.W.Friesen@gmail.com
Bees
Buy or sell live bees, including nucs, packages, and queens.
- For Sale – Find locally raised bees ready for your operation.
- Wanted – Need bees? Post your request here.
Rivercrest Honey Farm (2025)
5-frame nucs in Jester EZ nuc boxes: 3 brood & an MB queen.
Breeding selected for gentleness and overwinter hardiness.
Call or text Will Clark for current pricing: (204) 724-2373
Jake Maendel (2025)
4-frame nucs with a new queen.
Call Jake: (204) 513-0529
Email: jake@destinyroad.ca
Michael Peirson (2025)
- Spring 2025 overwintered splits with local 2024 queens for sale:
- $300 for four frames of bees in a cardboard box;
- $400 with a minimum of six frames of bees in a Langstroth box.
Contact Michael: mdjpeirson@proton.me
Nigel Dixon (2025)
- 5 frames nucs (4 brood + 1 feed) with 2025 queens. Ready now!
- Please call or text Nigel at 204-295-2547
Busy Bee Apiaries Ltd. (2025)
- 5 frame nucs: 3 brood, 1 feed frame, 1 open comb. $325/nuc
- Strong single hives: $550.00
- Contact Chris at: 1-204-872-2398 or canbeeman@gmail.com
Out-of-Province Bee & Equipment Sales
OUT-OF-PROVINCE ADS
*Please note that any live bee or equipment sales leaving or entering the province of Manitoba require an interprovincial movement inspection and a valid importation permit from the importing province prior to crossing borders.
Please contact the Manitoba Provincial Apiarist Derek Micholson (Derek.Micholson@gov.mb.ca) for assistance with inspections/permits well in advance of any interprovincial movement (e.g. +2 weeks notice is ideal).
1. Thrive Honey – Southern Alberta
Strong Nucs for sale: 2026 laying queen, 3 brood frames, 5 frames of bees.
The nucs would have been inspected and should be available by May 20, 2026
Pricing depends on quantities, custom order and deliveries available. For any inquiries, please contact Gabriel: nucs@thrivehoney.ca. (403) 593-0406
2. Bees for sale – Near Drumheller, Alberta
Meijer Honey Farm
10 frame splits made in June 2025 from Saskatraz stock. Only frames and bees. $375. Available 2nd week of May they should have 6 frames of brood.
5 frame nucs with 2026 queens with 3 frames of brood. Available end of May beginning of June $275.
Wooden singles with box, bottom and lid included for $425.
Discount applied if more than 50 are purchased.
Located approximately 45 min NE of Drumheller, AB.
If you are interested, email meijerhoneyfarm@outlook.com. For further inquiries contact Joe 403 857 8077
Employment
Looking for work in the beekeeping industry or need to hire skilled workers? Post job openings or browse available positions.
- Job Openings – Explore employment opportunities in beekeeping.
- Job Seekers – Looking for work? List your skills and availability.
To place an ad in the print newsletter or online, please contact
Dan Lecocq: dnlecocq@shaw.ca
The costs to post on the MBA website are as follows:
MBA member: No fee
Non-MBA member Manitoba resident: $20
Out-of-province: $40
We will be posting all out-of-province sales of bees with the reminder that the respective provincial apiarists must be contacted and bees inspected as per provincial regulations.