{"id":17,"date":"2026-06-10T13:54:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/understoryharvest.com\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=17"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:09:32","slug":"nucleus-colonies-2027-reservation","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/understoryharvest.com\/shop\/product\/nucleus-colonies-2027-reservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Nucleus Colonies 2027 Reservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2027 Nucleus Colony Reservation<\/h2>\n<p>Reserve a 2027 Understory Harvest nucleus colony. Each nuc is built to give new colonies a strong, practical start.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mated queen included:<\/strong> every nuc includes a mated queen. The queen may be current-year or previous-year depending on when she was introduced and the part of the season when the nuc is purchased.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brood strength:<\/strong> approximately 2.5 to 3 frames of brood in various stages.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food resources:<\/strong> one food frame to help support the colony during transition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Room to grow:<\/strong> one partial frame for the bees to finish drawing out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Queen selection:<\/strong> queens are selected for good brood patterns and must be laying for a minimum of two weeks before sale.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Equipment options:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Include Jester Nuc Box:<\/strong> $190. Housed in a durable, reusable Jester Nuc Box ready for transport.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bring Own Equipment:<\/strong> $180 ($10 discount). Bring your own nuc box or transport equipment to transfer the frames into at pickup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pickup timing, payment details, and seasonal availability will be confirmed with each reservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reserve a 2027 nucleus colony. Includes a mated queen, 2.5\u20133 frames of brood, a food frame, and a partial frame for draw-out. $190 including Jester Nuc Box, or $180 when bringing your own equipment ($10 discount).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[20],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-17","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-bees-reservations","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable","has-default-attributes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/understoryharvest.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/understoryharvest.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/understoryharvest.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/understoryharvest.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/understoryharvest.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/understoryharvest.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/understoryharvest.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/understoryharvest.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/understoryharvest.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}