low cost bees and supplies

i need info on buying bees for pollination mostly even without standard collection hives ,or ways to attract swarms.

I'd try for some non honey bee population if you aren't going to provide hives. Honey bees have to have some place to live. What you look for will vary with what you are trying to pollinate.

Look into

Mason Bees
Sweat Bees
Bumble Bees

I'd go out og my way to provide food sources all season long so that they will hang around you location. If I understand correctly Mason bees are all done for the year by June so don't work well for things like squash.

I'd contact Cornell Cooperative extension in Oriskany to see what their ideas are.
2nd St, Oriskany, NY 13424
(315) 736-3394

I grew up gathering honey from an elderly uncles hives, he had rights of passage over the moors in the Borders of Scotland, we visited regularly when the honey was abundant LOL, and less visitation when the bees were NOT producing but busy on other chores.

What I did learn as an adult gardener was, I could not afford the outlay for hives and bee's, they don't look after themselves as many people think, they need regular checks to help keep the hive healthy, make sure there is NO intruders, make sure the honey being produces is of edible quality and constant checking for heat / cold, just to mention a few things.

What I was informed about as a young child is, you, the gardener have to MAKE your garden bee, butterfly, insect, bird, friendly and create a natural environment.

NOT a difficult task really, just don't use chemicals regardless of them looking like an easy option, go to library or nature reserves or on line to read about companion planting, things like growing your onions next to your carrots help prevent carrot flies that smell the juicy greenery atop the soil and come lay eggs JUST under the soil the grubs then eat their way into your carrots, BUT the garlic helps mask the carrot smell and the flies go elsewhere,
French Marigolds grown in the veg bed prevents the greenflies landing on your other veg crops, but the bee's love those lovely little plants and these will attract all the other pollinating insects to come to your garden, Pot Marigolds attract pollinators too, just a few pots layed beside the veg, you need to learn how many other ways there is to attract bee's and other pollinating insects and this will in turn create a habitat that is bee, bird, and other preditor friendly wildlife that you do want instead of trying to rid the garden of the bad guys with chemicals, sprays or other additives for one problem that automatically creates a new problem.
There are lots of little bee homes you can build from garden canes cut into lengths of about 6-8 inches and tied into bundles, hollow out the canes by drilling and hey, you have a bee home for sheltering cold / hot insects, Grow shrubs that also attract butterflies, Buddleia is just one example, it can be cut back every spring / Autumn for anyone who has no room to allow full height of this plant and there are many Buddleia, not just the ones every one shouts about it being a pest, white, pink, Yellow, orange and all are much loved by ALL pollinators.

There is loads of books, leaflets and talks, classes ect all over the place helping people convert to a more natural way (don't be confused will rejection of all other forms of husbandry regarding gardening) It5's maybe just finding newer, maybe easier or cheaper ways of gardening BUT finding out may just give you an insight into helping you keep pollinators around your garden with less trouble than you think.
Good luck and best wishes.
WeeNel..

Honeybees themselves are cheap or free.
The hives are built a special way so that the colonies can be inspected for diseases and other issues.

If you are into carpentry you can make your own hive boxes and frames, but it is best to buy certain parts. You would need a source of lumber, and certain specialty tools, but it is quite possible to DIY for a lot of the parts.

Looking into alternate pollinators and attracting them with food sources in between the main crops that you want pollinated would really be the way to go if you were not all that interested in getting into beekeeping. Many of the plants that attract the alternative pollinators also attract other beneficial insects, such as predatory insects that will help with pest control.