# honeybees — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For honeybees, carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is continental United States - surface transportation only; conditions is 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', recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** honeybees
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** continental United States - surface transportation only _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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' _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 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

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).