Julia - vist beesource dot com and look at their list of dealers, it's organized by state I think

Hi Julia, I am from Carmel/Westfield and started with two hives myself this spring. I ordered my bees from Garland Crist in Alexandria, north of Anderson. I have been VERY satisfied. Garland sold me two nucs, each with four frames for $60 per nuc, and the two hives have been going gangbuster since. I got my bees on May 22nd, and two weeks ago added my first super on both of them on top of two deep hive bodies. Totally amazing. Anyways, I can recommend him from my experience. Let me know if you can't find his address. BTW, I think you don't have to wait until next spring to start. I believe it's still early enough in the year to start, but Garland could advise you better than I can. Good luck!

Hey, Marc! Thanks for the advice. Actually, I'm going to be on vacation for most of August and pretty busy in Sept. so I think I'm going to wait for spring for my bees...but I will definitely look for Garland. Thank you so much!! I'll let you know if I can't find his info.

You might want to consider the Indiana Beekeeping School, a two day comprehensive class where you build your own hive. It's scheduling dates and locations now for January. South Bend, Terre Haute and Columbus are on the books, and Indianapolis should appear very shortly.

There are four or five suppliers of Indiana Nucs. Garland Crist is one of them but he doesn't use Indiana Queens yet. For a list of all of them and phone numbers, download the latest issue of the Indiana State Beekeeping Journal at the following link.

Here is a link that might be useful: Indiana State Beekeepers Assn