Every block. Signed and stamped.
Most beekeepers drop hives and disappear. We walk the blocks five times per contract, log every inspection, and hand your field man a one-page receipt at pull-out. So when you've got a seed-set question three months later, you're not guessing.
Before hive placement, we walk the block with your field man. Discuss bloom window, access points, water sources. If something doesn't line up, we say so before we've loaded the truck.
Every colony inspected before placement and position mapped. Hive count, strength reading, and placement notes recorded on day one. Your field man knows exactly what went in and where.
Five timed inspections across the contract window. Strength count, disease check, weather notes. Everything recorded on paper. No verbal-only updates.
If a cold hold affects flight time, your production manager hears about it the same morning — not the same week. We don't wait for you to ask.
Pull-out day, your field man gets the one-page receipt in hand. Block number, colony count, five inspection summaries, signed by Dennis. That's the whole season in one document.
Every orchardist we work with gets a one-page document at the end of the season. Not an invoice. A receipt. Strength readings at placement and pull. Inspection log with dates and weather notes. Signed by the beekeeper, with a field copy for your production manager.
When your agronomist asks about pollinator coverage in September, you hand them the receipt. The conversation is over in two minutes.
View the full receipt →| Date | Inspector | Avg Frames | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 03 | Chidester | 7.2 | Placement. All colonies inspected and settled. |
| Apr 09 | Chidester | 8.6 | Weather hold 0600–1100. Cold front logged. |
| Apr 14 | Chidester | 8.2 | Pull day. 40/40. Block complete. |
If you're managing fruit blocks for Stemilt, Gebbers, Zirkle, Washington Fruit, Auvil, or McDougall — or any orchard in the Wenatchee–Leavenworth corridor — we're booking 2027 now. The strength floor, the receipt, and the replacement guarantee are in every contract. You don't have to ask for them.
If you're running carrot or onion seed fields in Ephrata or Quincy, the June–August window is wide open. We placed our first seed contracts in 2026. The receipt format is the same as our orchard work — your production manager gets the same documentation, same signature, same level of detail.
Yes. WA Apiary Registration #WA25-304. Certificate of insurance available on request — we can have it to your production manager the same day.
20 colonies per block for cherry and apple/pear work. 40 colonies per field for seed production. We don't place partial loads — if a block needs 20 and we can only commit 18, we don't book it.
Wenatchee–Leavenworth corridor, Quincy, Ephrata, and the Yakima Valley on request. We're based in Dryden — 30 minutes from most Columbia Valley orchards.
We pull it and replace it within 48 hours. No argument, no renegotiated invoice, no "we'll make it up next season." If the replacement doesn't happen inside 48 hours, the receipt says so — and we adjust.
Half price. If you need us back on the same operation within the same season — second bloom window, second field, whatever the reason — the second contract runs at half the per-colony rate. We don't charge twice for the same hive rental when it's the same year, same grower.
50% at contract signing, 50% at pull-out. No surprise line items. The receipt you get at pull-out is also your final invoice — if the numbers don't match what you signed, you tell us before you sign it.
No quote on the first call. Walk the block, meet the field man, see a sample receipt. Then we talk numbers. If the block isn't a good fit, we'll tell you before you've committed anything.