Winter is wrapping up and bee season is right around the corner. If you are getting started with beekeeping (or maybe your bees did not survive the winter), you may be wondering when to order your bees. The answer is simple: right now. “You should order them right away mainly because the beekeepers who put together the [bee packages] usually start at this time of year,” Frank Drummond, professor of insect ecology at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, said.