What is the Cost of Bringing Beehives to My Property?
We're glad you asked!
Costs for Residential Beehive Management
Best Bees is offering discounted residential rates for the 2025 beekeeping season
1 research beehive
Starting at $250
$208 /mo*
*Paid annually at $2,995 $2,500/year
Impact of 1 beehive
50,000 pollinators added to local environment
50 square miles pollinated
300 million flowers pollinated per day
936 data points collected
2 research beehives
Starting at $413
$383 /mo*
*Paid annually at $4,950 $4,600/year
Impact of 2 beehives
100,000 pollinators added to local environment
50 square miles pollinated
600 million flowers pollinated per day
1872 data points collected
3 research beehives
Starting at $600
$542 /mo*
*Paid annually at $7,200 $6,500/year
Impact of 3 beehives
150,000 pollinators added to local environment
50 square miles pollinated
900 million flowers pollinated per day
2,808 data points collected
Prices vary by region in the United States and do not include one-time installation fees; please request a quote through our “Get Started” page
What’s Included
- Hand-crafted, all-natural pine wood beehives
- Italian honey bees (Apis mellifera) known for their docile nature
- Monthly maintenance visits & follow-up reports
- Disease and pest monitoring & treatment
- Full-time customer service team
- Honey harvesting, bottling, and delivery
- Replacement colonies and queens as needed
- Fully insured professional service
Where the Money Goes
At Best Bees, our values play a powerful role in our pricing structure and business model. We believe that transparency is key to caring for our people, our pollinators, and the planet.
Every client that works with Best Bees is contributing to
across the country
*We're proud to disclose that our wage ratio between our C-level executives and entry-level employees is 2:1. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the average wage ratio between CEOs and workers in 2022 in the United States was 344:1.
Pricing FAQs
We appreciate your support! Spreading the word about us is a great way to help. You can subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook to stay in the loop on all things Best Bees. Another way to support pollinator research is to donate to our affiliated nonprofit, the Urban Bee Lab.
We accept credit cards, ACH transfers, and checks — payments via check and ACH transfer are eligible for discounts.
Not at this time! While we are working towards payment options that are accessible for all of our clients, we are not able to offer monthly payment plans at this time.
We do not offer any financing options like AfterPay at this time.
Normal contracts last until the end of the calendar year (December 31st). Any cancellation and request for a refund is solely at the discretion of The Best Bees Company. We do not typically issue refunds for services, unless we judge it to be extenuating circumstances.
We will conduct the harvest for you! Harvesting your own honey will not save you money, and will also lessen the amount of honey you get from your hive.
We do our best to keep our pricing consistent; however, increases may occur as a result of inflation increasing our business’ operating costs.
Costs for Corporate Biodiversity Services
2 research beehives
Starting at
$6,400
per year
Impact of 2 beehives
100,000 pollinators added to local environment
50 square miles pollinated
600 million flowers pollinated per day
1872 data points collected
4 research beehives
Starting at
$11,800
per year
Impact of 4 beehives
200,000 pollinators added to local environment
50 square miles pollinated
1.2 billion flowers pollinated per day
3744 data points collected
6+ research beehives
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Impact of 6 beehives
300,000 pollinators added to local environment
50 square miles pollinated
1.8 billion flowers pollinated per day
5616 data points collected
Prices vary by region in the United States and do not include installation fees; please request a quote through our “Get Started” page
What’s Included
- Hand-crafted, all-natural pine wood beehives
- Italian honey bees (Apis mellifera) known for their docile nature
- Monthly maintenance visits & follow-up reports
- Disease and pest monitoring & treatment
- Full-time customer service team
- Honey harvesting, bottling, and delivery
- Replacement colonies and queens as needed
- Fully insured professional service
Enhance Your Beekeeping Services
We offer products and programming as add ons to your beekeeping services
Corporate gifts
Educational Events
Advanced reporting
Where the Money Goes
At Best Bees, our values play a powerful role in our pricing structure and business model. We believe that transparency is key to caring for our people, our pollinators, and the planet.
Every client that works with Best Bees is contributing to
across the country
*We're proud to disclose that our wage ratio between our C-level executives and entry-level employees is 2:1. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the average wage ratio between CEOs and workers in 2022 in the United States was 344:1.
Pricing FAQs
We appreciate your support! Spreading the word about us is a great way to help. You can subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook to stay in the loop on all things Best Bees. Another way to support pollinator research is to donate to our affiliated nonprofit, the Urban Bee Lab.
We accept credit cards, ACH transfers, and checks — payments via check and ACH transfer are eligible for discounts.
Not at this time! While we are working towards payment options that are accessible for all of our clients, we are not able to offer monthly payment plans at this time.
We do not offer any financing options like AfterPay at this time.
Normal contracts last until the end of the calendar year (December 31st). Any cancellation and request for a refund is solely at the discretion of The Best Bees Company. We do not typically issue refunds for services, unless we judge it to be extenuating circumstances.
We will conduct the harvest for you! Harvesting your own honey will not save you money, and will also lessen the amount of honey you get from your hive.
We do our best to keep our pricing consistent; however, increases may occur as a result of inflation increasing our business’ operating costs.