jen what did you sell them for last year?
4 frame nucs, 5 frame nucs, proven laying queen, cardboard, wooden to be returned? i don't remember.....
when i purchase nucs they are either 4 frame or 5 frame with a
proven laying queen (russian only) at 160- 165 american dollars. an overwintered russian queen from the rhba. (i do get a discount for purchasing more than 1).
i have sold a few nucs from my own bees, for about 120 or 130, proven laying queen,
mutts of a russian queen. probably could get more but i am not looking for problems and i don't like the problems associated with selling nucs. buy as is, but i do try to teach folks about what to do with a nuc.
sometimes i have asked for less, because i don't want/need the increase for myself. many times i have given bees/nucs away.
about nucs:
the price of nucs and how they are made up are so variable. i wouldn't purchase any nuc without a proven laying queen and drawn frames that do have pollen and honey stores in them, and not some old ratty frames a beek is trying to cycle out or comes with problems i have to solve.
some selling nucs throw bees and a queen in an call it good and sell for a premium price. this is not a nuc. this is just a box of bees with a queen in it.
i know this is not what are you are doing jen, you are just asking what a fair price is for a nuc you overwintered. is the queen laying? is she laying well?
are all frames drawn? honey and pollen in them? good population? mites........? did you treat, not treat? queen genetics?
be fair to yourself! and what you feel comfortable with!
about the craigslist ads jen, for nucs at 160, how are these advertised?