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	PayPal price excl. GST Garden (North Island) $81.43 NZDGarden (South Island) $90.45 NZDMedium (North Island) $126.99 NZDMedium (South Island) $131.76 NZDStandard (North Island) $152.47 NZDStandard (South Island) $157.14 NZDTurbo (North Island) $162.01 NZDTurbo (South Island) $166.79 NZD   (Surcharge on credit card transactions)
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Give the gift of bumblebees with redeemable vouchers! An excellent choice for the Christmas period when courier deliveries become challenging.

Bumblebees make great gifts for the avid gardener or anyone interested in bees and the outdoors. Seeing your own bumblebees buzzing around on your flowers can bring great joy and can be an exceptional educational tool for children.

Please Note: Vouchers are supplied as electronically as printable PDF files, with 1 voucher supplied per hive ordered, and are not redeemable for cash. These will be emailed to you once payment has been confirmed. Vouchers have a unique code and issue date, these must be accurately relayed to Biobees to redeem the hive, which will be delivered to any courier accessible address, including rural delivery addresses, within the main islands of New Zealand.

Vouchers can only be redeemed once, and you are responsible for ensuring the data on the voucher is not compromised or shared with anyone else. Hives will not be gift wrapped.

Hives will be delivered as close to the desired delivery date of the recipient as possible, however South Island rural deliver orders will only be dispatched on Mondays due to much higher costs and delays, please be aware of this when ordering. Two weeks' notice may be required for the delivery of turbo hives. Saturday deliveries are not available.

Check out Rachel Weston's new book "Bumblebees Have Smelly Feet", a great resource for children and parents alike!

 

If you're wanting a more permanent structure to house the hives outdoors, check out these boxes supplied by an independent supplier on Trademe. These have been designed around the Biobees box, but Biobees is not involved in their design, production or sale, and questions regarding them should be directed to the supplier.

 

Bumblebees are exceptional pollinators, in many aspects superior to honeybees, and are an absolute delight to watch!.

Ideal for pollinating a wide variety of garden plants, especially food crops including, apples, apricots, avocado, beans, blueberries, cherries, courgettes, eggplants, kiwifruit, melons, peaches, pears, persimmons, plums, pumpkin, raspberries, strawberries, sunflowers and many more! We recommend getting the hive a few weeks in advance of the pollination of larger trees, which will allow the hive some time to develop beforehand. Ideal for plants grown under cover, both plastic and glass. 

The hive contains an active queen, her workers and developing brood. The packaging is identical to that supplied to commercial users. The packaging is not weather resistant and we recommend providing it with some additional shelter or a wooden housing to protect it from rain (if placing in a glasshouse, this is unnecessary). 
The hive is supplied at an early stage in its development. The bees will follow their natural life-cycle, the hive will develop in strength before eventually declining in numbers and ultimately ceasing to exist. Nearing the end of the hive's life, many new queens should be produced, these will hopefully take up residence in your area the following season. 

Bumblebees are usually more docile than honeybees, hence the misconception that they can't sting. It is important to note that they are capable of stinging and will do so if threatened. Hives should be placed out of the way of young children and inquisitive pets.  Please visit our safety section for more information.