5 Frame Florida Raised Italian Nuc - Winter Haven, FL - Pickup Only

Drove 2 hours, with a pocket-full of money and a million questions, to pick up my first colony ever. It was a madhouse; they were understaffed and the retail line was 12 people deep. So I thought I'd just pick up the nuc since I had already paid. Nope! Had to wait in the retail line for an hour just to sign in and pick up my bees. The beekeeper asked me: "Where's your bag? I told him that the nice lady on the phone had told me I did not need one, and that I wasn't going to wait in line another hour to buy a bag. He gave me a bag and refused payment. Nice guy! The bees were healthy and despite my clumsiness, are thriving, so it gets 4 stars.

Purchased two nucs. Very few dead bees. Both had live and active queens noted. One nuc had ample population, capped brood and sufficient nectar/honey on partially drawn frames. The other nuc was rather disappointing as capped brood was very spotty with no young larvae/eggs visible and had very poor population, and very little nectar and no capped honey present