Buckfast Breeder Queen (F0, F0 Tested & F1 3D VSH+)

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Please book early as there is limited availability

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LINES
All our lines are well established in the characters to Buckfast selection.
- Low tendency to swarm
- Good balance of bees, stocks and brood throughout the season with a high fertility rate accompanied by bee longevity and vitality
- Parsimony in maintaining honey and pollen reserves in the honeycomb
- Pronounced docility and the bees' ability to remain firmly on the combs
- Good spring recovery with high fertility, accompanied by a high brood care capacity and consequently good bee longevity
- Excellent ability to overwinter and overcome moments of climatic imbalance (returns of cold, drought and intense heat) while maintaining a good population, stocks and a steady brood curve
- Wing strength, sense of direction and harvesting ability

All lines included in our selection programme show a high heritability in the progeny of HYG+ (hygienic behaviour), VSH (varroa resistance traits) and, above all, improved resilience to viral load.
- HYG+ = > 85% open brood and >50% cleaned cells within 12 hours as a result of the pin test, on broodstock.
- Reduced varroa reproduction rate throughout the year due to excellent grooming, de-capping and SMR.
- Reduction and control of viral load through a variety of inherited characteristics:
• negative selective pressure towards the most virulent varroa genotypes, with removal or interruption of their biological cycle.
• opening, removing and cleaning brood damaged by viruses, before they become endemic and spread through the hive.
- SOV (suppressed in ovo virus infection) = hereditary antiviral immune response that causes the decrease or absence of viral load in eggs and reduces or eliminates vertical transmission.

3 Available Lines -
F1 Buckfast 3D VSH+ 2026 (£65-£60 ea)
F0 Buckfast from Isolated Mating Station 2026 (£350 ea)
F0 1 Year Tested Buckfast from Isolated Mating Station 2025 (£560 ea)

ISOLATED MATING STATIONS
- MONTE ALPE ISOLATED STATION (ma) (IT)
- BALTRUM ISLAND ISOLATED FECONDATION STATION (bal) (DE)
- ISOLATED SPOORNS FERTILISATION STATION (sp) (IT)

Your Order Includes

🐝 A marked, unclipped, Breeder Buckfast Queen, accompanied by 4–6 attendant bees in a slow-release candy introduction cage (Nicot, Lyson, JzBz or equivalent).
📄 A full-colour, double-sided instruction guide covering multiple introduction methods and scenarios. View full guidelines here.
📦 A ventilated “LIVE BEES” jiffy bag or larger secure box (depending on order size).

Beginner Alert! 🚨 Read This First
You CANNOT start a bee colony with just a queen! A queen accompanied by a few attendants cannot establish a colony. To build a healthy hive, you’ll need a Nuc of bees, which includes a minimum of 10,000 bees. Learn more here.

Why Choose BS Honey Bees Ltd?
We are a small, independent UK business with over a decade of expertise in breeding and selling live bees. In 2011, we revolutionised the online sale of live bees and queens, providing an easy, reliable, and convenient way to buy.

By supporting BS Honey Bees Ltd, you’re supporting the UK economy and a business dedicated to high-quality service and customer satisfaction.

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Our Breeding Standards
Our Breeder Buckfast Queens come from leading European breeders using pedigree lines, including Tenuta Ritiro and Lutz Eggert. These premium genetics ensure breeder queens with exceptional productivity and temperament.

🚨 We will confirm a date of delivery within your selected month via direct email correspondence.

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Postage Options:
We strongly recommend Royal Mail Special Delivery® for guaranteed next-day arrival. Please be aware we can only ship within the UK.

📌 Due to the Windsor Framework, we can only supply to Northern Ireland until 30th April. Any orders placed for dates after this time will be automatically cancelled.

Special Delivery Next Day® (Signature required):
1 - 2 Queens £9.45
3 - 10 Queens £9.84
11 - 20 Queens £11.26
21 - 40 Queens £15.41
41 - 400 Queens £20.85

Tracked 24®: £6.51 (not guaranteed; delays of up to 5 days have been reported, use at your own risk).

Postage Information:
Queens can be kept safely caged for up to 5 days after arrival if stored in a cool, dark place and watered twice daily (at your own risk).

Certain postcodes are excluded from delivery guarantees. See the Royal Mail website for details.

Certain postcodes are excluded from Sunday Deliveries. See the Royal Mail website for details.

Payment Methods:
We offer a variety of secure payment options for your convenience:

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Bank Transfer
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Queen Bee Terms

From October 2025 we’ll be updating how we manage Queen Bee orders. These changes are based on many years of experience and are designed to help us provide a fair, reliable, and consistent service for all our customers.

1. Dynamic Pricing
- Queens available earlier in the season (from late March) will be a little higher in price.
- This is because supply is very limited at this point, costs from our suppliers are higher, and it’s the busiest time of the year for our team.
- Prices naturally reduce as the season progresses and supply increases.

2. Deposits & Cancellations
- Each Queen Bee order will now include a 10% deposit of the order subtotal.
- If you need to cancel your order, this deposit will be retained.
- This helps us cover the preparation and allocation work already carried out and replaces the old £5 per Queen cancellation fee.
- Breeder Queens that are cancelled less than 10 days before delivery are non-refundable.

3. Dispatch Date Changes
- We carefully plan Queen allocations week by week to make sure everyone receives what they ordered.
- If you need to move your order to a different allocation week, a 10% admin fee will apply.
- Date changes within the same allocation week are absolutely fine and won’t incur any charge.
- A full breakdown of costs for changes or cancellations is available if you’d like more detail.

4. Queen Acceptance & Replacements
- Please remember that Queen acceptance is never 100% guaranteed, and a number of factors outside our control can affect results.
Common issues include:
- Introducing a Queen into a colony that already has a residing Queen (often hidden).
- Colonies that are in the process of raising their own Queen cells.
- Aggressive or stressed colonies that are less willing to accept a new Queen.
- Environmental pressures, such as poor weather or disturbance around the hive.
- If a Queen has not escaped her cage, this almost always points to an underlying problem within the colony rather than the Queen herself.
- We do replace dead-on-arrival Queens, provided our Queen Claim Form has been completed.

5. Scheduled Dispatch Dates
- The dispatch date you select is a scheduled date. As Queens are living creatures and supply chains can shift, unexpected delays are sometimes unavoidable.
- If this happens, we’ll notify you by email as quickly as possible.
- To avoid any disruption to your colonies, we strongly recommend waiting until you receive your confirmed shipment email before making hive changes such as queen removal or nuc creation.

6. Postal Delays (Royal Mail)
- If your Queen is delayed in the post, please complete the Queen Claim Form.
- While we do our very best to package Queens securely, we rely on Royal Mail as a third-party delivery service, so we unfortunately can’t take responsibility for any delays on their side.

7. Customer Behaviour Policy
From 2026 we’ll also be introducing a Customer Behaviour Policy.
- This helps us set clear standards for how we communicate with one another.
- It ensures we can respond to all enquiries in a professional, consistent, and fair way.
- The policy applies to all interactions with BS Honey Bees Ltd and our team.

Buckfast Breeder Queen (F0, F0 Tested & F1 3D VSH+)

£65.00

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Please order queens separately from other products to avoid delays, incorrect taxes, or postage issues. Orders with multiple dispatch dates (over all breeds of Queens) must also be placed separately to ensure accurate postage.
🚨 We will confirm a date of breeder delivery within your selected month via direct email correspondence. Please ensure you use "Special Delivery" for the full guarantee and insurance cover!

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Description

Please book early as there is limited availability

ISOLATED MATING STATIONS
- MONTE ALPE ISOLATED STATION (ma) (IT)
- BALTRUM ISLAND ISOLATED FECONDATION STATION (bal) (DE)
- ISOLATED SPOORNS FERTILISATION STATION (sp) (IT)

Your Order Includes

🐝 A marked, unclipped, Breeder Buckfast Queen, accompanied by 4–6 attendant bees in a slow-release candy introduction cage (Nicot, Lyson, JzBz or equivalent).
📄 A full-colour, double-sided instruction guide covering multiple introduction methods and scenarios. View full guidelines here.
📦 A ventilated “LIVE BEES” jiffy bag or larger secure box (depending on order size).