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Welcome to Desert Creek Pollination!

Whether you are new to almond pollination with a few hundred hives or are an industry veteran with thousands of hives, we are ready to help! Think of us as your on the ground crew available 24/7 during almond pollination. We've placed and cared for tens of thousands of hives in almonds over the past 20 years and take great pride in the quality of our work and our relationships with beekeepers. We are commercial beekeepers ourselves. We operate thousands of hives in our migratory commercial beekeeping business, along with our honey packing, bee selling & supplies businesses. See more about us here!

Services Offered

Overwintering

Our overwintering yards are located in the foothills of California, west of Fresno. We can also provide sorting, grading & pollination services! Think of us as your local, boots on the ground crew, ready to do whatever is needed to care for your bees. We are meticulous in our care of your hives!

Full service- unloading, spreading & reloading

We offer full service placement services. All you have to do is send us your maps, and we'll take care of the rest. Our experienced commercial beekeeping crews unload and spread your hives into the orchard on the same night when possible. We are careful to move bees only at night, or when temperatures/conditions prevent bee flight. We reload your hives onto trucks, and send them back to you as quickly as possible. Our crews are highly experienced beekeepers, and we use only the latest, newest forklifts & trucks. If any of your equipment is damaged as a result of our handling, we'll reimburse you at market rates. We care about your, and your bee's success, and want you to work with us again next year! We'll update you when your bees arrive, send pictures once they arrive, update you throughout the bloom & when they are re-loaded. We welcome you to come out to CA and be a part of any portion of the process.

Optional feeding, treating, strength checks & more

As commercial beekeepers who've sent our bees to brokers in the past, we understand it can be a bit nerve wracking to send your bees to someone else to manage for a few months. That's why we work hard to be completely transparent, and give you all the information possible. We'll stay in touch as we work your bees to update you on our progress.

Grading & sorting services

To save labor costs, we are willing to sort and grade your bees once they arrive in CA. This is very helpful to beekeepers who are sending bees out of sheds, or don't have the labor available to pre-sort and grade. We will unload your bees in a holding yard, grade & sort them, and place them in the orchard, or any combination of those services needed. Any dead hives we will send back to you, and any hives under the contracted strength, we can combine to make hive of sufficient strength, or try to find a grower who is looking for weaker hives.

Customer Referral Bonus

We offer a referral commission to all beekeepers who refer us to other beekeepers. When we sign up a beekeeper who let us know they were referred by you, we'll give you $1 for every hive they rent or provide the first year! You don't have to be a beekeeper, or a customer of DC to get the commission!

What our customers are saying...

We've sent bees to almonds with Desert Creek for years, and have always been more than happy with the attention to detail, care for our bees!

-John T.

Desert Creek supplies us with 2,000 hives each year for our almonds. Not only have they always gone above and beyond, and immediately resolve any issues, but they are the most customer friendly, responsive & innovative brokering business I've found.

-Pat M.

After using thousands of hives over several years, I highly recommend Desert Creek. Always on time, always flexible, reliable, and honest!

-Janice B.

Check out a short video about our sister companies, Desert Creek Honey & TBS!

www.desertcreekhoney.com
www.thebeesupply.com
www.desertcreekbulkbees.com
www.commercialbeesupply.com