Bee Season 2021 Weekly Update
Bee Season 2021 Update
May 6, 2021
All major apiaries from Georgia into Texas have lost the first two queen rearing cycles due to the frigid nights and days coupled with rainy days. The end result has been mostly dead queens or poorly mated queens. We and our fellow Georgia Beekeepers want to provide superior bee packages with superior queens. As we have seen in the previous three weeks this would not be attainable. We have joined the Georgia Beekeepers in delaying the 2021 Bee Season by 2 weeks in order to deliver superior bees to our customers.
I know this is not what everyone wanted to hear but it is in everyone’s best interest to “do it right” and have great bee packages. It does no one any good to ship out bee packages with poorly mated queens. We have never done this and will not send our packages with queens that have been poorly mated.
We will be over communicating through email, text messages, and automated phone messages for the first week of March. We will be communicating this update through email, text, and phone. We just want everyone to know now what is happening with their bee shipment. You can get up to date information by calling 706-886-1322 and select option 2.
You may have wondered does this also affects us? Yes, in a major way, as we have to re-work over 20,000 orders and work new truck logistics from the field to your local Post Office. This has an immediate negative financial impact of $10,000+ to our company.
Below is the original ship dates and the delayed ship date to the right.
Thank you for your understanding, as we work through this weather event nature has thrown at us.
When we ship your bees we will send you a USPS shipping confirmation to the email address on your order. Please check your “SPAM” and “JUNK” files within your email. Please note that USPS employees are notorious in not scanning bee packages as they go thru the USPS facilities.
For those who have us shipping your bee package, the dates below are the dates we will be shipping your bee package.
We will have “what to do when you receive a shipping confirmation from Mountain Sweet Honey that will be in the March 15, 2021 email.
We are in a 2 week delay due to late winter weather
Local Pick-up in Toccoa, GA – Italian, Carniolan and Russian
DATE Status
March 18 – 20, 2021 New Date – April 1 – 3, 2021 – Completed
March 25 – 27, 2021 New Date – April 8 – 10, 2021 – Completed
April 1 – 3, 2021 New Date – April 15- 17, 2021 – Completed
April 8 – 10, 2021 New Date – April 22-24, 2021 – Completed
April 15 – 17, 2021 New Date – April 29- May 1, 2021 – Completed
April 22 – 24, 2021 New Date – May 6 – 8, 2021 – Completed
April 29 – May 1, 2021 New Date – May 13 – 15, 2021 – Completed
May 6 – 8, 2021 New Date – May 20 – 22, 2021
May 13 – 18, 2021 New Date – May 27 – 29, 2021
Shipped Italian Bee Packages
Date Status
March 18 & 22, 2021 New Date – April 1 & 5, 2021 – Completed as of April 5, 2021
March 25 & 29, 2021 New Date – April 8 & 12, 2021 – Completed
April 1 & 5, 2021 New Date – April 15 & 19, 2021 – Completed
April 8 & 12, 2021 New Date – April 22 & 26, 2021 – Completed
April 15 & 19, 2021 New Date – April 29 & May 3, 2021 – Completed
April 22 & 26, 2021 New Date – May 6 & 10, 2021 – Completed
April 29 & 3, 2021 New Date – May 13 & 17, 2021 – Completed
May 6 & 10, 2021 New Date – May 20 & 24, 2021
May 13 & 17, 2021 New Date – May 27 & 30, 2021
Shipped Carniolan Bee Packages
Date Status
April 8, 2021 New Date – April 22, 2021 – Completed
April 22, 2021 New Date – May 6, 2021 – Completed
May 6, 2021 New Date – May 20, 2021
Shipped Russian Bee Packages
Date Status
April 1, 2021 New Date – April 15, 2021 – Completed
April 15, 2021 New Date – April 29, 2021 – Completed
April 29, 2021 New Date – May 13, 2021 – Completed