Hungry Bear Farms — Canandaigua, NY equipment

Category: Equipment Also called: Hungry Bear Farms beekeeping supply store (Canandaigua, New York / Finger Lakes); hungrybearfarms.com

What it is

Hungry Bear Farms is a first-party U.S. beekeeping supply store and online shop in Canandaigua, New York, in the Finger Lakes. Its About page says the farm began as a hobby operation in 2008, opened a beekeeping supply store in 2010, later earned an EAS Master Beekeeper certification (2016), and now runs a showroom at 264 Saltonstall Street. The official BigCommerce storefront (hungrybearfarms.com — “Powered by BigCommerce” in the site footer) sells beginner hive kits, woodenware, frames and foundation, protective gear, tools, extracting and harvesting equipment, feed, medications, live bees (nucs, packages, queens), and related supplies, with on-page prices and an Add to Cart flow to /cart.php. This listing is for the supply shop with an official cart, not the honey/gift line, the classes catalog, or a club.

Official URL

Official site: https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/

About Us: https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/about-us/

Beekeeping supplies shop: https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/shop/beekeeping-supplies/

Woodenware: https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/shop/beekeeping-supplies/woodenware/

Beginner kits: https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/shop/beekeeping-supplies/beginner-kits/

Cart: https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/cart.php

Shipping & Returns: https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/shipping-returns/

Classes (education catalog): https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/classes/

10 Frame Complete Beginner Kit, Assembled: https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/10-frame-complete-beginner-kit-assembled/

8 Frame Complete Beginner Kit, Assembled: https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/8-frame-complete-beginner-kit-assembled/

10 Frame Complete Medium Hive Kit: https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/10-frame-complete-medium-hive-kit/

Beginner Tool Kit: https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/beginner-tool-kit/

10 Frame Deep Basic Starter Kit: https://www.hungrybearfarms.com/10-frame-deep-basic-starter-kit/

Last checked

2026-11-09. All URLs above returned HTTP 200 with a desktop Chrome user agent on that date.

FAQ

Q: Where is the store and when is it open?
A: The Contact Us page puts the beekeeping supply store at 264 Saltonstall Street, Canandaigua, NY 14424, phone 585-412-8745. Hours printed there: Peak season (April–June) Monday–Friday 10 am–5 pm, Saturday 10 am–2 pm, closed Sunday; Off-peak (July–March) Monday–Friday 10 am–5 pm, Saturday 10 am–1 pm, closed Sunday; closed major U.S. holidays. The home page on the check date also noted Saturday off-peak hours of 10 am–1 pm starting July 1 and asked travelers to call ahead. Confirm live hours before visiting.

Q: Does it have an online store and cart?
A: Yes. hungrybearfarms.com runs a BigCommerce first-party shop (linked from the business’s own domain) with collection pages, product pages with Add to Cart, and a cart at /cart.php (HTTP 200; empty when nothing was added). Prices are shown in USD.

Q: What do beginner kits cost?
A: Examples as listed 2026-11-09: 10 Frame Complete Beginner Kit, Assembled $435.00 (two deeps, two mediums, frames with plastic foundation, telescoping top, inner cover, IPM screened bottom board, entrance reducer, plastic queen excluder, smoker, fuel, bee brush, hive tool, entrance feeder, hatless veil, goat-skin gloves and a Penn State Beekeeping Basics book); 8 Frame Complete Beginner Kit, Assembled $414.00; 10 Frame Complete Medium Hive Kit $299.00 (sale from $338.40); 10 Frame Deep Basic Starter Kit $199.95 (sale from $221.60); Beginner Tool Kit $75.00 (sale from $96.40: hive tool, bee brush, smoker, fuel, frame grip, frame lifter and cappings scratcher). Prices change; check the live pages.

Q: Does it ship, and what is the return policy?
A: A Shipping & Returns page is posted on the official site. Returns copy asks customers to contact the store within 14 days of receiving an order, and says registration fees for classes within one week of the class date and shipping/handling charges are not returnable. Read the live policy before ordering; no purchase was made for this listing.

Q: Does it also teach classes?
A: Yes. The Classes catalog lists items such as Beginner Beekeeping 101 Online Classes ($40.00), Open Hive Days with Master Beekeepers ($10.00) and Making & Managing Splits & Nucs ($40.00). This Equipment listing covers the supply shop; those classes are not listed separately here.

Q: Is this an official or affiliated listing?
A: Neither. Beekeeping Plaza is not affiliated with Hungry Bear Farms. No purchase, cart-add or contact was made; pages were only checked for an HTTP 200. New York already has other Equipment entries (for example Betterbee in Greenwich); this is a separate Canandaigua Finger Lakes shop with its own first-party cart.