Western Bee Supplies

Category: Equipment Also called: Western Bee; Western Bee Supplies, Inc.; WesternBee; westernbeestore Last checked: 2026-10-02

What it is

Western Bee Supplies, Inc. is a first-party U.S. beekeeping equipment manufacturer and supply house based in Polson, Montana. Its official home page states it has been a “no-gimmick, low-overhead bee supply dealer since 1965,” emphasizing American-made woodenware “from the U.S. forest to your beeyard,” with an official online store (westernbeestore.3dcartstores.com) linked from westernbee.com for hobby kits, hive bodies and supers, frames, foundation, bottoms and covers, smokers, protective clothing, and related colony-care gear. This listing is for the hive/gear supply shop with an official shop URL, not a honey-only apiary and not a county club.

Who it’s for

Hobby and commercial beekeepers who want assembled or unassembled Western Bee woodenware and hobby kits ordered from the official e-store, or who prefer a Montana manufacturer that prints street address and order phones on its contact page. Beginners looking for an Ultimate Hobby Kit (brood chambers, supers, suit, gloves, smoker, feeder, frames, and related gear) without buying bees through this catalog. Not a membership club hall and not a university course.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party Equipment operation with a printed Polson street address, local and toll-free order phones, and an official online store with on-page hobby-kit and woodenware dollar prices — not a scraped directory card, not Amazon, and not an affiliate storefront.

• Corporate / retail address (Contact page — checked 2026-10-02): 5-9th Ave. E., Polson, MT 59860. Mail: P.O. Box 190, Polson, MT 59860. Phone 406.883.2918; fax 406.883.4336; toll-free order line 1.833.533.1014 (also printed 833-533-1014). Email on contact page: [email protected]. Retail weekday hours are not printed on the Contact page checked today — call ahead for will-call / stock.
• Company framing (home — checked today): “Supplying Beekeeping Equipment for Over 56 Years”; “Western Bee has been your no-gimmick, low-overhead bee supply dealer since 1965”; American-made woodenware; free shipping on qualifying orders of $200 or more within the contiguous U.S. (terms on the store; hobby kits called out as not qualifying for free shipping on kit product pages).
• Official shop / store (westernbeestore.3dcartstores.com — checked 2026-10-02, HTTP 200): Hobby Kits category and product pages print sample prices including Western Bee’s Ultimate Hobby Kit (ASSEMBLED) — $475.00 (retail line $600.00; part WWHOBBY4A; includes 2 brood chambers with 9 1/8” frames/Plasticell, 2 honey supers with 6 1/4” frames/Plasticell, pine cover, inner cover, pine bottom, queen excluder, hooded zipper suit, gloves, hive tool, division board feeder, smoker and fuel, and First Lessons in Beekeeping; 10-frame or 8-frame options; telescoping cover +$20; bees not included; limit 2); Ultimate Hobby Kit (UNASSEMBLED) — $375.00 (retail line $450.00); New Traditional Hobby Kit (ASSEMBLED ONLY) — $500.00; Brood Chamber Special Assembled — $180.00; Honey Super Special — $80.00 / Honey Super Special (ASSEMBLED) — $100.00. Bottoms and Covers category sample lines: pine reversible commercial bottom $18.00; flat wood cover $18.00; telescoping cover with inner cover $50.00; varroa screen bottom board $33.00. Frames category sample lines: 9 1/8” commercial frame $1.50; 9 1/8” budget frame $1.25.

Hours (when published), 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 contact page before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

Company home: https://westernbee.com/

Official shop / e-store: https://westernbeestore.3dcartstores.com/

Contact (street address & phones): https://westernbee.com/contact/

Hobby Kits category: https://westernbeestore.3dcartstores.com/Hobby-Kits_c_15.html

Ultimate Hobby Kit (ASSEMBLED): https://westernbeestore.3dcartstores.com/Western-Bees-Ultimate-Hobby-KIt-ASSEMBLED_p_409.html

Ultimate Hobby Kit (UNASSEMBLED): https://westernbeestore.3dcartstores.com/Western-Bees-Ultimate-Hobby-Kit-UNASSEMBLED_p_285.html

Brood Chamber Special Assembled: https://westernbeestore.3dcartstores.com/BROOD-CHAMBER-SPECIAL-ASSEMBLED_p_914.html

Bottoms and Covers: https://westernbeestore.3dcartstores.com/Bottoms-and-Covers_c_9.html

Frames: https://westernbeestore.3dcartstores.com/Frames_c_13.html

Location

Primary printed address (Contact page — checked 2026-10-02): 5-9th Ave. E., Polson, MT 59860. Mail P.O. Box 190, Polson, MT 59860. Phone 406.883.2918; toll-free orders 833.533.1014. Weekday retail hours were not printed on the Contact page on the check date — confirm by phone before a will-call visit.

This is a manufacturer / retail supply address, not a county club meeting hall and not a university classroom.

Notes

• Category is Equipment. First-party hive and beekeeping-gear supply shop with official shop URL. Not a honey-only apiary, not a Local club, and not a Learning pathway.
• Sample kit and woodenware prices ($1.25–$500 range on the cited SKUs), Polson street address, and toll-free order line are transcribed from official westernbee.com and westernbeestore.3dcartstores.com pages checked on 2026-10-02 and may change. Free-shipping $200 threshold does not apply to hobby kits per kit product pages.
• First-party site icon saved beside this listing as western-bee-supplies.png (from westernbee.com android-chrome / apple-touch icon PNG; recompressed only).
• Not affiliated with Beekeeping Plaza.
• No Beekeeping Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: Where is Western Bee, and how do I order?
A: Contact page (checked 2026-10-02): 5-9th Ave. E., Polson, MT 59860; phone 406.883.2918; toll-free order line 833.533.1014. Shop online at https://westernbeestore.3dcartstores.com/ (linked from westernbee.com). Retail hours were not printed on the Contact page — call ahead for will-call.

Q: What hobby-kit prices were printed today?
A: Official store product pages (checked 2026-10-02) included Ultimate Hobby Kit Assembled $475.00 (retail line $600.00), Ultimate Hobby Kit Unassembled $375.00, New Traditional Hobby Kit Assembled $500.00, Brood Chamber Special Assembled $180.00, and Honey Super Special $80.00 / Assembled $100.00. Confirm the live SKU; bees are not included; hobby kits do not qualify for the store’s free-shipping threshold; prices can change.

Q: Is Western Bee a honey shop or a club?
A: Official home and store pages emphasize manufacturing and selling beekeeping supplies and woodenware since 1965. Western Bee 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.