Mann Lake

Category: Equipment Also called: Mann Lake Ltd.; Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply; Mann Lake LTD Last checked: 2026-09-16

What it is

Mann Lake is a first-party U.S. beekeeping equipment manufacturer and supply house. Its official shop (mannlakeltd.com) sells hive kits and woodenware, frames and foundation, protective gear, smokers and hive tools, feed and medications, honey extracting and bottling equipment, live bees (packages, queens, nucs), and related colony-care gear for hobby and commercial beekeepers. Home-page copy positions the company as serving the beekeeping community since 1983, grown from a Minnesota garage operation into a national manufacturer and supplier, with the majority of core products described as made in the USA. The About Us page states Jack and Betty Thomas started Mann Lake Ltd. in 1983 from their home on Mann Lake and later moved the business to Hackensack, Minnesota. This listing is for the hive/gear supply shop with an official catalog URL, not a honey-only apiary and not a county club.

Who it’s for

New and experienced beekeepers who need assembled or unassembled hive kits, woodenware, protective clothing, feeders, extractors, and other colony-care gear ordered from mannlakeltd.com or picked up at a published Mann Lake company store. Beginners looking for starter kits (e.g. New-Bee Beginner Beekeeping Starter Kit, Traditional Complete Hive Kit) without treating this page as a club membership or a university certificate. Not a membership club hall and not a university Master Beekeeping pathway.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party Equipment operation with printed company-store street addresses and weekday hours on the official Store Locator feed, toll-free ordering hours, free-shipping threshold copy, and on-page hive-kit dollar prices from the official catalog — not a scraped directory card, not Amazon, and not an affiliate storefront.

• Corporate / Hackensack company store (official Store Locator / Storemapper feed for Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply — checked 2026-09-16): 501 1st St S, Hackensack, MN 56452. Phone 800-880-7694. Regular hours printed on the locator entry: Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Saturday Closed; Sunday Closed. Holiday closings noted on the same entry for late Dec 2025 / early Jan 2026.
• Additional company stores on the same official locator feed (checked today): 807 W Main St, Clarkson, KY 42726 (Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. CST; Sat 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. CST; Sun Closed); 301 Bert Schulz Blvd, Winter Haven, FL 33881 (Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Sat 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.; Sun Closed); 500 Santa Anita Dr, Woodland, CA 95776 (Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Sat 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Sun Closed). Authorized retailers appear as separate markers on the same map.
• Ordering / customer-service hours (Contact Us — checked today): toll-free 800-880-7694; Contact Us intro states phone lines and live chat Monday–Friday 7:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. CST for ordering and customer service. A Support FAQ on the same Contact page also states representatives are ready 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. CST — confirm the live Contact Us page before relying on either line. Remittance / lockbox address printed on Contact Us: Mann Lake LockBox 446095, PO Box 64341, St. Paul, MN 55164-0341.
• Shipping threshold (home / Contact FAQ — checked today): FREE SHIPPING ON MOST ORDERS $150+ (lower 48); orders under $150 subject to a $10 handling fee per Contact FAQ.
• Sample printed hive-kit / starter prices (official Hive Kits / Beginner Essentials catalog via first-party shop pages — checked 2026-09-16): New-Bee Beginner Beekeeping Starter Kit — $229.99; Traditional Complete Hive Kit — $162.99; Assembled 9 5/8” Deep Hive Kit with Plastic Wax Coated Foundation and Assembled Frames — $89.99; 10 Frame 9 5/8” Unassembled Complete Hive Kit With Foundation — $149.99; 10 Frame Complete Hive Kit Combo — $226.99; Traditional Growing Apiary Kit, Painted — $346.99; 10 Frame 6 5/8” Growing Apiary Kit — $356.99; Premium Starter Kit — $439.99; Deluxe Starter Kit — $999.99; Premium Wax Dipped Complete 10 Frame Hive Kit — $219.99. Live bees (packages/queens/nucs) are sold under separate Honey Bees categories and are not treated here as the Equipment definition.

Hours, stock, kit contents, free-shipping flags, and prices above are what the official pages showed on the check date. They can change. Use the live product or Store Locator entry before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

Official shop / home: https://www.mannlakeltd.com/

Contact Us (phone/chat hours, remittance): https://www.mannlakeltd.com/contact-us/

Store Locator (company stores & authorized retailers): https://www.mannlakeltd.com/store-locator/

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

Hive Kits: https://www.mannlakeltd.com/hives-components/hive-kits/

Beginner Essentials: https://www.mannlakeltd.com/hives-components/beginner-essentials/

New-Bee Beginner Beekeeping Starter Kit: https://www.mannlakeltd.com/hives-components/beginner-essentials/new-bee-beginner-beekeeping-starter-kit/

Traditional Complete Hive Kit: https://www.mannlakeltd.com/hive-kits/traditional-complete-hive-kit/

Traditional Growing Apiary Kit, Painted: https://www.mannlakeltd.com/assembled/traditional-growing-apiary-kit-painted/

Location

Primary company / Hackensack retail address printed on the official Store Locator feed (2026-09-16): 501 1st St S, Hackensack, MN 56452. Hours of record on that entry: Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday closed. Toll-free 800-880-7694.

This is a manufacturer / retail supply / will-call address network (Hackensack plus published Clarkson KY, Winter Haven FL, and Woodland CA company stores). Do not treat it as a county club meeting hall or a university classroom.

Notes

• Category is Equipment. First-party hive and beekeeping-gear supply shop with official catalog URL. Not a honey-only apiary, not a Local club, and not a Learning pathway.
• Sample kit prices ($89.99–$999.99 range on the cited SKUs), Hackensack Mon–Fri 8–4:30 hours, $150 free-shipping threshold, and Contact Us phone/chat windows are transcribed from official mannlakeltd.com pages (and the official Store Locator feed) checked on 2026-09-16 and may change.
• First-party logo saved beside this listing as mann-lake.png (from mannlakeltd.com / BigCommerce CDN site logo PNG).
• Not affiliated with Beekeeping Plaza.
• No Beekeeping Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: Where is the Hackensack store, and what are the hours?
A: Official Store Locator entry (checked 2026-09-16): 501 1st St S, Hackensack, MN 56452. Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday closed. Call 800-880-7694 ahead for will-call / stock. Additional company stores are listed for Clarkson KY, Winter Haven FL, and Woodland CA on the same locator.

Q: What beginner / hive-kit prices were printed today?
A: Official catalog pages (checked 2026-09-16) included New-Bee Beginner Beekeeping Starter Kit $229.99, Traditional Complete Hive Kit $162.99, Assembled 9 5/8” Deep Hive Kit $89.99, 10 Frame Complete Hive Kit Combo $226.99, Traditional Growing Apiary Kit Painted $346.99, Premium Starter Kit $439.99, and Deluxe Starter Kit $999.99. Confirm the live SKU; prices and contents can change.

Q: Is Mann Lake a honey shop or a club?
A: Official home and About pages emphasize manufacturing and selling beekeeping supplies and equipment (and related ag lines) since 1983. Mann Lake is listed here as Equipment (first-party hive/gear supply shop with official shop URL), not as a Local club and not as a Learning program.