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
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
Michael Peirson
- 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
- 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.
- 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 for assistance with inspections/permits well in advance of any interprovincial movement (e.g. +2 weeks notice is ideal).
1. Thrive Honey – Southern Alberta
Nucs for sale: 2025 laying queen, 3 brood frames, 5 frames of bees.
Single hives: 2025 laying queen, 5 brood frames, 8 frames of bees, 3 frames of store honey. Fully assembled bee hives on custom 4 hives pallets.
Available by May 20, 2025
Pricing depends on quantities, custom order and deliveries available. For any inquiries please contact Gabriel at: nucs@thrivehoney.ca
2. Singles for sale – Saskatchewan
500 singles brood chamber colonies for sale: 2025 queens; 10 frame equipment, average 4 frames brood
Available at the end of May after BC fruit pollination season (approximately 500 colonies)
Available from Saskatchewan.
Call or text Wayne: (306) 231 7966
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.