San Diego Beekeeping Supplies

If you’re a beekeeper in the San Diego region, Mountain Sweet Honey Company is committed to supplying you with everything you need for a successful beehive. San Diego is known for its beaches, parks, and warm climate, which is an ideal environment to raise bees. People come from all over the globe to visit SeaWorld, the San Diego Zoo and Balboa Park, which is a 1,200-acre urban cultural park that offers visitors a glimpse into vast open spaces, walking trails, green belts, museums, theaters, and the San Diego Zoo.

Mountain Sweet Honey Company supplies San Diego beekeepers with superior honey bees, high-quality beekeeping supplies and customer service that goes above beyond. Our apiaries are in the majestic mountains of northeast Georgia, and we ship bees to our San Diego clients on a weekly basis from mid-March to May. Whether you’re a longtime beekeeper or just getting started, we have all the beekeeping supplies you will need.

San Diego, California

Starter Beekeeping Supplies Kit

Beekeeping Supplies in San Diego, California

No matter your level of expertise, we offer a complete line of beekeeping supplies. Our product line includes hive tools, extractors, and protective clothing which are essential for beekeeping.  Our beekeeping supplies also includes 8 frame or 10 frame hive bodies, frames, foundation, screen or solid bottom boards, and telescopic covers. We have all the bee health essentials for honey bees.  If you’re a beginner, we offer first-year hive kits that have all the necessary beekeeping supplies for a successful and productive bee hive.

Keeping our prices affordable while offering top quality, organic-friendly supplies is important to us.  We offer free shipping on orders more than $150 (select items not included).

You can also find bee health items in our shop including essential oils (tea tree, lemongrass), pollen, mite treatments, and supplements.

About Mountain Sweet Honey

Located in the wonderful north Georgia Mountains, Mountain Sweet Honey Company started as a small hobby and has grown into a productive full-time business. We started selling honey bees and a few beekeeping items in our second year of business and we now ship honeybees across the U.S. and offer a full line of beekeeping supplies. Our focus has always been to provide chemical-free bees, and that remains the same.

We strongly believe in our purpose, which is to offer high-quality bees and beekeeping supplies, offer knowledgeable advice to beekeepers, and to always execute our orders with outstanding customer service.

In 2017, Mountain Sweet Honey Company became the #1 shipper of honey bees in the mid-west. Our growth over the years is largely due to loyal repeat customers, our understanding the logistics of shipping honey bees, and the dedicated employees who helped make this growth possible.

If you’re an expert beekeeper, just starting out, or if you’re just interested in learning more about what it takes to be a beekeeper, contact us today at (706) 886-1322 and our customer service representatives are ready to assist you.

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FAQ

Yes, they are native to San Diego. The California carpenter bee is a large bee, with most individuals being about 2.2cm (1 inch) long. And the truth is that some folks are not fond of carpenter bees.

There are over 650 species of native bees living in San Diego County! You may have heard of bumble notions, but they are just the morning — digger notions, plasterer notions, sweat notions, leafcutter notions, ditz notions, and more, all call our county home.

The short answer is, Yes. Beekeeping in the City of San Diego does not require a permit however,  beekeepers are required to register their hives with the County of San Diego Department of Agriculture, Weights, and Measures.

California law requires beekeepers to register bees. BeeWhere is a real-time mapping system where users can mark hives with a simple pin drop in the field. it is unlawful to maintain an unregistered apiary.

Yes, Permission is needed to keep bees in California. The law states that Every California and out-of-state beekeeper who moves notions into the state or comes into possession of an apiary must register with the applicable County Agricultural Commissioner.

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