All Survivor Queens are available only on a pre-order basis; that is until after they are fully established and passed all individual testing criteria for Tier-1 and when applicable Tier-2 performance as well as a visual pre-shipping inspection with magnification for all queens sold. Weather depending the scheduled date for our First Grafting of both our Carolina Survivor Queens and our VSH daughter queens is Monday, March 6 or 13, 2017 and the first shipments of Tier-1 queens are expected to ship six weeks later on April 18 or 24th provided we have good queen flying weather and sexually mature drones to coincide in late March and early April.

Our first shipment of Tier-2 queens is scheduled for two weeks later on May 9th. We plan to ship on Tuesdays and Wednesdays every week thereafter until some time in early to mid September.

These Survivor Queens are your replacement queens and queens for splits that are very good honey producers having disease resistance, mite resistance, all with inherent gentleness that will survive winters all over the US from Oregon to Minnesota and Wisconsin to Vermont and Maine and from Wyoming to Florida to North and South Carolina each marked and numbered queen is tested and inspected and she will be culled if she does not meet our criteria for a Tier-1 Queen. We do not sell Seconds! And, for an additional two weeks with more inspections and testing including her hatched daughters undergo additional testing and analysis in order to qualify for a Tier 2 Queen. Each queen will be shipped with her 5-Frame Nuc ID Tag and a copy of her check-off list will be sent in regular mail. In addition we will give you a coupon for a 20% DISCOUNT on your next year's first queen purchase if you will consent to begin keeping records for at least 18 months with reporting each month (April to October) by email and a copy of the completed 18 month form to be returned by mail at the end of the 18 month period. In doing so we will give you a coupon for up to 10 queens of your choice at a discount of 60% off the advertised retail price. We need good honest feedback from our customers.

Shipping & Handling Information

 Shipping & Handling Charges (Prices Subject to Change):

      Quantity: 1-8: USPS Priority Mail, $8.50

     Quantity: 9-13: USPS Priority Mail, $11.50

     Quantity: 14-20: USPS Priority Mail, $17.95

     USPS Express (R) Mail  1-8,  $26.00

     USPS Express (R) Mail 9-18, $35.00

     UPS NEXT DAY 1-16, $75.00 

     FEDERAL EXPRESS Next Day 1-16, CALL or email carrier

     Note: Carrier's Tracking Number (s) will be sent to you on same day shipped via E-mail to Customer's E-mail address.

SHIPPING NOTES: 

1.    We do not ship queens via  USPS, FEDX, UPS  Air Shipments  when daytime temperatures rise above or are forecasted at or above 90 degrees at point of shipment and/or at point of destination. If daytime temperatures are forecasted below 60 degrees we will delay shipment with customer concurrence or label package for "Pickup at Window".     

2.    We do not ship queens via USPS, FEDX, UPS Ground Shipments  when daytime temperatures rise above or are forecasted at or above 90 degrees at point of shipment and/or at point of destination or while in transit.

3.    There are times when the US Postal Service for whatever reason will not accept nor ship live animals via Priority Mail and the only alternative other than waiting is to use USPS Express Mail or ship United Parcel Service, UPS, if indeed UPS will accept shipment as they often have the same restrictions for shipping LIVE ANIMALS as the US Postal Service. (Knowing your cell number so that you may be contacted is required to ship via #3.)

4.    We do not pull queens in a steady or pouring rain. We ship our queens on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and with special shipments on Thursdays: however we will not ship a    queen  if we derive from the carrier or strongly suspect that she may not be delivered by early Saturday afternoon.

5.    All queen shipments are transported to the designated carrier on the same day as when pulled unless when special circumstances, usually weather related, prevail and only when the customer requests or approves pulling the shipment that afternoon/evening before actual shipping.

6.    Shipping & Handling costs include postage, insurance, containers, labels, packing, packaging, transportation, logistics, and handling. 

7.    Each shipment will have a assigned Tracking Number by the carrier activated by the acceptance of the carrier and recorded into the carrier's tracking system with the customer being notified of same via email that same day.

8.    Please inspect your shipment immediately upon receipt and notify first the shipper/carrier then this office of any dead queens.

9.    Insurance is included and the customer is responsible for collection of any claims.

10.  Availability is always on a first come first serve basis defined by receipt of a minimal 25%deposit.

11.  ALL Shipping is designated FOB Reidsville, NC 27320  

Send Email (Preferred Method of Correspondence) to:

(1) Carolinabeeman@hotmail.com      

(2) Carolinabeeman@Bellsouth.net

(3)  or via US Mail to:

Nortons Honey Farm

Chuck Norton

2216 Stone Cutter Drive

Winston Salem, NC 27103

              or

330  Irvin Street

Reidsville, NC 27320-3648