This is a small ,fully developed honey bee hive. Our NUCs contain 5 frames of bees with a mated, marked queen and food. The queen is a laying queen.  The NUC includes  brood and bees in all stages of development from the queen in the nuc..  All of our NUCs are inspected by the State of Tennessee.  The NUC comes in a transport box that can be used later for splits or swarms.  Pick Up Only.