Locally bred honey bee nucs for sale

Many beekeepers are becoming increasingly concerned about the ever-increasing importation of bees and queens.
The trade in foreign bees brings with it the possibility of introducing pests, diseases and pathogens, aggression in subsequent generations and the unsuitability of the bees to our fickle climate.

We raise new queens from our best colonies. We aim to produce as near as possible, dark, locally adapted bees, selected for good temperament, survivability and honey production.

See here for how to transfer your nuc to a full size hive.

Overwintered Nucs For 2023

We will have a small number of overwintered nucs available for sale in April/May 2022. These will be headed by my own queens, open mated locally in 2022. They will be housed in a Correx nuc on five fully drawn BS Hoffman frames. The queen will be marked white and will not usually be clipped unless this is requested.

Numbers of these nucs is limited, we therefore cannot guarentee availability. 

Price per nucleus colony is Not Available 

We don't ask for a deposit, just that you register your interest by filling in the form below:

Reserve an over wintered nuc

Respondents will be contacted in the order that they registered when a colony is available, usually in April.

NB Collection only

2023 Summer Nucs

We will have nucleus colonies headed by locally mated 2023 queens available in June/July 2023, depending on weather etc. These will be headed by my own queens, open mated locally this year. They will be housed in a Correx nuc on five fully drawn BS Hoffman frames. The queens will be marked red and will not usually be clipped unless this is requested. 

Respondents will be contacted in the order that they registered when a colony is available, usually from late June or July.

Price per nucleus colony is £150

We don't ask for a deposit, just that you register your interest by filling in the form below:

Reserve a 2023 spring nuc

NB Collection only


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