It has been the Madison County Beekeepers Associations’ practice in past years to offer our members the option of participating in a fall group medication purchase. There are several reasonably large beekeeping operations in the MCBA that place reasonably large medication orders. By including all members in the group buy, the small users can take advantage of the collective volume pricing. Another advantage is avoiding minimum buys for example if a 2 hive beekeeper decided to use Menthol and Apistan strips, he or she would need 4 Apistan strips and 2 Menthol bags but there is a 10 piece minimum purchase on each item. 10 pieces is a standard package.
Purchasing “broken packages” can be risky as the package helps to maintain freshness and thus effectiveness.
Due to timing and other technical reasons group purchases are TBD