---
type: restriction
id: usps-honeybees
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "honeybees — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_009.htm
source_quote: "Honeybees: Acceptable to mail only via surface transportation (except for queen honeybees; refer to b.). Mailpieces must be plainly marked on the address side with \"Live Bees\" and \"Surface Only\" or \"Surface Mail Only.\""
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "honeybees"
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "restricted"
scope: "continental United States - surface transportation only"
conditions: "Must be free of disease; acceptable to mail only via surface transportation; mailpieces must be plainly marked with 'Live Bees' and 'Surface Only' or 'Surface Mail Only'"
verified: true
unverified_fields: conditions
---
**Item category:** honeybees

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** restricted

**Scope:** continental United States - surface transportation only

**Conditions:** Must be free of disease; acceptable to mail only via surface transportation; mailpieces must be plainly marked with 'Live Bees' and 'Surface Only' or 'Surface Mail Only'

> Honeybees: Acceptable to mail only via surface transportation (except for queen honeybees; refer to b.). Mailpieces must be plainly marked on the address side with "Live Bees" and "Surface Only" or "Surface Mail Only."

Source: <https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_009.htm>