NUC yard: lines, shade, and angry wasps

North rack is for paid, ready-to-travel nucleus colonies with printed records. South rack holds quarantine and loaner equipment—do not assume those boxes are for sale.

We text a gate code the morning of pickup. Early birds wait in the gravel turnaround so panel vans can unload. Bees stay veiled until you are staged in the loading lane.

We do not crack lids in the parking lot—that stresses queens and annoys neighbors. Retail questions happen in the shed; bee questions happen after you have read your receipt.