Vermont Beekeeping Supply

Category: Equipment Also called: Vermont Beekeeping Supply, LLC; VT Beekeeping Supply; Vermont Beekeeping Supply & Vermont Candle Shoppe; vtbee.com Last checked: 2026-10-08

What it is

Vermont Beekeeping Supply, LLC is a first-party beekeeping supply shop in Williamstown, Vermont, with an official Shopify store at vtbee.com. Its About Us page says it is located “in Central Vermont,” that the owners have been “keepin’ bees for over 20 years,” and that they “Build Many of the Hive Components in Our Shop From Locally Resourced White Pine.” The online catalog sells 8- and 10-frame Langstroth hive bodies (deep, medium and shallow), lids, inner covers and bottom boards, frames and beeswax foundation, quilt boxes and winter hive jackets, feeders and feed, mite treatments, protective clothing, smokers and hive tools, uncapping and harvest gear, and beekeeping books. It also sells a hands-on workshop series and runs spring bee-package, queen and nuc pickups. The same storefront doubles as the “Vermont Candle Shoppe” (hand-poured beeswax candles and gifts). This listing is for the beekeeping-supply shop with an official cart and citeable on-page prices, not a honey retailer, not a club, and not a course.

Who it’s for

Hobby and backyard beekeepers in central Vermont who can pick orders up in person. The site-wide banner says “WE DO NOT OFFER SHIPPING ON BEEKEEPING SUPPLIES, BEES OR QUEENS,” and assembled hive bodies, assembled frames and the Expansion Hive Kit are marked pickup-only on their product pages. The About page says its workshops are “Hands-On & Open to Anyone That Wants to Attend.” Not a nationwide mail-order warehouse, not a membership club, and not a university program.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party Equipment operation. It runs an official Shopify catalog with on-page dollar prices, says on its own About page that it builds many hive components in its own shop, and prints a Williamstown, Vermont street address and phone number. It shows current activity: a © 2026 footer and a workshop series whose weekday-and-date pairs (Saturday May 30 through Saturday October 24) match the 2026 calendar. It is not a scraped directory card, not Amazon, and not an affiliate storefront.

• Identity / contact (About Us + Contact Us + footer — checked 2026-10-08): Vermont Beekeeping Supply, LLC, 550 VT Rte 64, PO Box 31, Williamstown, VT 05679. Phone (802) 433-9897. The Contact page says the shop is closed Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays and asks customers to call ahead for other hours or to schedule an order pickup. Contact is by phone or the site’s web form; no public email address is printed.
• Pickup, not shipping (home banner + product pages — checked 2026-10-08): the banner says the shop does not ship beekeeping supplies, bees or queens. Product pages say assembled hive bodies “CANNOT BE SHIPPED,” assembled frames with foundation “CANNOT BE SHIPPED” (allow 3 business days for assembly), and the Expansion Hive Kit is “Pick Up Only.” Hive bodies need 3 business days for assembly and painting. Some unassembled foundation listings instead say they ship “AT YOUR OWN RISK,” and several product pages warn that shipping charges cannot be refunded, so confirm by phone before ordering anything for delivery.
• Sample printed catalog prices (official product pages and the store’s own product feed — checked 2026-10-08): Expansion Hive Kit $300.00 (10-frame) / $275.00 (8-frame) — two deep hive bodies, one medium honey super, all frames and foundation, inner cover, lid and All in One Bottom Board, feeder jar not included; Deep Hive Body $22.50; Medium Hive Body $18.50; Shallow Hive Body $17.25 (each 8- or 10-frame); Assembled Frames with Foundation $6.50 each (deep, medium or shallow) or $7.25 (comb frames); Deep Frame Wedge Top/Groove Bottom $22.50 (10-pack) / $21.25 (8-pack); All in One Bottom Board $36.50 (screened bottom with an IPM board and a solid board underneath); Dual Inner Cover $20.00; Quilt Box $28.50; Smoker $40.00; Full Suit with Round Bonnet $155.00. Confirm the live SKU before treating any figure as fixed.
• Workshops (Beekeeping Workshops product page — checked 2026-10-08): $30.00 per session or $185.00 for the Workshop Package. Sessions listed: Hive Progress – OA Dribble (Saturday May 30), Mite Check (Saturday June 20), OA Mite Treatment (Saturday July 25), Robbing/Fall Feeding (Saturday Aug 15), Fall Prep – Inspection (Saturday September 26) and Winter Prep (Saturday October 24). Workshops are held at the Bee Yard at the Williamstown Masonic Lodge, 111 Brush Hill Rd, Williamstown, VT. The page prints no year, but every listed weekday-and-date pair matches the 2026 calendar.
• Live bees (Bee Package & Queen Purchase & Pickup Protocol page — checked 2026-10-08): packages, queens and nucs are pickup-only on the scheduled date and time, and packages are not held more than 24 hours past pickup. Bees must be paid for in full when ordered. There are no refunds on bee packages, nucs or hives for any reason, and none for absconding. A queen found dead at installation is replaced at no charge if it is returned. Queens cannot be shipped, and special-order queens must be picked up within 24 hours of notice.

Stock, prices, pickup rules and workshop dates above are what the official pages showed on the check date. They can change. Use the live product page or call the shop before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

Official shop / home: https://vtbee.com/

All products: https://vtbee.com/collections/all

Hive Pieces & Parts: https://vtbee.com/collections/hive-parts

Frames & Foundation: https://vtbee.com/collections/frames-foundation

Protective Clothing: https://vtbee.com/collections/protective-clothing

About Us: https://vtbee.com/pages/about-us

Contact Us: https://vtbee.com/pages/contact-us

Bee Package & Queen Purchase & Pickup Protocol: https://vtbee.com/pages/bee-package-info

Beekeeping Workshops: https://vtbee.com/products/beekeeping-workshops

Expansion Hive Kit: https://vtbee.com/products/198_complete-hive-kit

Deep Hive Body: https://vtbee.com/products/4_deep-hive-bodies

Location

Shop address printed on the official Contact Us page and footer (checked 2026-10-08): 550 VT Rte 64, PO Box 31, Williamstown, VT 05679. Phone (802) 433-9897. Closed Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays; call ahead for other hours or to book an order pickup. Workshops meet at the Bee Yard at the Williamstown Masonic Lodge, 111 Brush Hill Rd, Williamstown, VT. Confirm before you drive out.

This is a pickup-first supply shop identity. Do not treat it as a club meeting hall or a university classroom.

Notes

• Category is Equipment. Vermont Beekeeping Supply is a first-party central-Vermont supply shop with an official Shopify cart and citeable hive, frame, tool and apparel prices. It is not a Local club and not a Learning pathway, even though it sells workshops: the workshops are a shop service, not a certificate program. It is the first Vermont listing in the directory and the first New England Equipment listing. It is distinct from the Equipment shops already listed (Dadant, Mann Lake, Betterbee, GloryBee, Foxhound, Acorn Pierco, Rossman, HillCo, Blue Sky Bee Supply, Beeline Woodenware, Beez Needz, Premier Bee Products, Blythewood Bee Company, Western Bee Supplies, BeeBuilt, Harvest Lane Honey, Triple Oak Acres Bee Supply).
• The storefront also sells beeswax candles, ornaments, mugs and gift items under the “Vermont Candle Shoppe” name. This listing does not cite those. The About page says its “Beginner Kits Include task-specific workshops,” but on the check date the catalog listed an Expansion Hive Kit and no separately titled beginner kit, so no beginner-kit price is given.
• The standard Shopify policy URLs (/policies/refund-policy, /policies/shipping-policy, /policies/contact-information) returned 404 on the check date. No written return or shipping policy was found beyond the product-page notes and the bee-package protocol quoted above.
• Prices, pickup rules, hours, workshop dates and the Williamstown address are copied from official vtbee.com pages checked on 2026-10-08 and may change. Some prices were read from the store’s own product feed (/products.json, HTTP 200), which matches the product pages. No purchase was made from Beekeeping Plaza.
• First-party logo saved beside this listing as vermont-beekeeping-supply.png (the official Shopify logo asset logo.png, which is also the site’s og:image source; unedited 218×150 original).
• Not affiliated with Beekeeping Plaza.
• No Beekeeping Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: Where is Vermont Beekeeping Supply, and when is it open?
A: The official Contact Us page (checked 2026-10-08) gives 550 VT Rte 64, PO Box 31, Williamstown, VT 05679, phone (802) 433-9897. The shop is closed Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays. Call ahead for other hours or to schedule a pickup.

Q: Does it ship?
A: Mostly no. The site banner says it does not ship beekeeping supplies, bees or queens, and assembled woodenware, assembled frames and the Expansion Hive Kit are pickup-only. A few foundation listings say they ship at the buyer’s own risk, and shipping charges are not refundable, so call before ordering for delivery.

Q: What does a full hive cost?
A: The official Expansion Hive Kit page (checked 2026-10-08) lists $300.00 for 10-frame or $275.00 for 8-frame: two deeps, one medium super, all frames and foundation, inner cover, lid and All in One Bottom Board (feeder jar not included). Single deep bodies are $22.50, mediums $18.50 and shallows $17.25. Confirm the live SKU.

Q: Does it offer classes?
A: Yes. The Beekeeping Workshops page sells hands-on sessions at $30 each or $185 for the package, held at the Bee Yard at the Williamstown Masonic Lodge, 111 Brush Hill Rd. The last session listed on the check date was Winter Prep on Saturday, October 24 (the page prints no year; the date matches 2026). Vermont Beekeeping Supply is still listed here as Equipment, not a Learning certificate program.

Q: Is Vermont Beekeeping Supply a club or a class?
A: No. It is listed here as Equipment, a first-party supply shop with an official shop URL. For clubs, see Local clubs (e.g. Eastern Missouri Beekeepers Association). For structured training, see Learning (e.g. the University of Arkansas Complete Beekeeping Short Course).