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Our nucs are in very high demand so order early to avoid disappointment - first come, first serve!

5 Frame LANGSTROTH Nucleus supplied with a family of Buckfast bees headed by an open mated, unclipped & marked 2024 (Green) Buckfast queen to begin supply April 2025* onward (Weather Permitting*).

An ideal way to start beekeeping is to purchase a nuc and with our docile bees it is perfect for beginners whilst still maintaining required traits for production, disease resistance and low swarming tendencies.

Your nuc will be supplied to you with brood at all stages (capped brood, larvae, and eggs) and a sufficient amount of stores**.  All of our overwintered nucs are made in the previous season. The difference between an overwintered nuc & a normal spring nuc is that generally you are able to receive an overwintered nuc earlier, are more likely to harvest a spring crop and that they have proved their ability to overwinter.

All our breeding hives & overwintered nucs are treated for varroa routinely with approved VMD medication of which is recorded and kept for 5 years under VMR 2011SI2159, we are also fully DASH accredited suppliers so you can rest assured your bees will be in prime condition on collection.

Our nucs are supplied on DN4 Langstroth frames which is suitable for a Langstroth Hives, including Flow Hives, inside a FREE ventilated correx transport box.

Please note these will only fit inside of a langstroth hive. If you require a Nuc for a National Hive, please see here.

We have many happy customers throughout the UK. Check our outstanding Trustpilot reviews, above pictures and videos above to see how docile our bees really are.

 

 

Availability Timescale Provisional Collection Date
1st Round (+/- 1-2 weeks) 12th April 2025
2nd Round (+/- 1-2 weeks) 19th April 2025
3rd Round (+/- 1-2 weeks) 26th April 2024
FINAL Round (stragglers) 3rd May 2025

 

Please select the most appropriate date for yourself when placing your order. Please be aware this date cannot be changed in our system once the order is placed.

*All quoted dates are provisional based on conditions and allowance of +/- 1-2 weeks must be accounted for. We cannot control the weather so please bear that in mind when placing your order. Any updates can be seen on our News & Updates section.

** Please note - depending on the time of year stores may vary, e.g. during April / May there is a strong flow of oil seed rape so a larger amount of honey could be expected. Nucs will initially benefit from feeding to establish into a stronger colony when moved into a full size box as demonstrated in our installation video.

Queens overwintered in our Langstroth nucs are bred in the UK from pedigree Danish Lines.

Shipping & Payment

PAYMENT FOR COLLECTED OVERWINTERED LANGSTROTH NUCS IS AN INITIAL NON REFUNDABLE £100 DEPOSIT WITH £200 PAYABLE ON COLLECTION.

We accept the following payment options – Debit / Credit Card, Paypal, Instant Bank Transfer and Cheque.

Once your order has been placed you will receive a confirmation email of your order and payment. Only when your deposit is received your order is secured. Our first point of contact will be via email so please be sure to enter a valid email address so we can invite you to book into our collection system. If we do not receive a response via email your Nuc will be offered to the next customer in the queue - unfortunately we just do not have the resources to chase customers consistently. We will contact you to make arrangements when we know your bees are ready and aim to supply during your selected allocation week, but as we are unable to control the weather an allowance of +/- 1-2 weeks must be accounted for as a contingency.

COLLECTIONS - Due to the time constraints we are under in the spring we can only offer collections on Saturdays between 8:00-13:00 (unless explicitly agreed before hand), we specifically dedicate Saturday to collections due to the amount of logistics behind the scenes required for rounding up nucs early AM. We are able to defer your collection to the following 2 weeks. Overwintered Nucs are also generally all ready around a similar time so will need to be collected within 14 days of being notified before they become too large. We are unable to delay collections further than this because they will require additional management to prevent swarming. Any additional delays will be charged a hive management fee of £20 + VAT per week.


Collected Langstroth Overwintered 5 Frame Nucleus 2025

Regular price £100.00

Tax included (if applicable) Shipping calculated at checkout

NEW FOR 2025 - PERFECT FOR FLOW HIVES

Please order separately from Equipment & Queens.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE A POSTED LANGSTROTH NUC PLEASE VIEW OUR POSTED NUC PRODUCT PAGE HERE

£100 Deposit to secure today. £200 Due on collection. Total Price £300.

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Description

Our nucs are in very high demand so order early to avoid disappointment - first come, first serve!

5 Frame LANGSTROTH Nucleus supplied with a family of Buckfast bees headed by an open mated, unclipped & marked 2024 (Green) Buckfast queen to begin supply April 2025* onward (Weather Permitting*).

An ideal way to start beekeeping is to purchase a nuc and with our docile bees it is perfect for beginners whilst still maintaining required traits for production, disease resistance and low swarming tendencies.

Your nuc will be supplied to you with brood at all stages (capped brood, larvae, and eggs) and a sufficient amount of stores**.  All of our overwintered nucs are made in the previous season. The difference between an overwintered nuc & a normal spring nuc is that generally you are able to receive an overwintered nuc earlier, are more likely to harvest a spring crop and that they have proved their ability to overwinter.

All our breeding hives & overwintered nucs are treated for varroa routinely with approved VMD medication of which is recorded and kept for 5 years under VMR 2011SI2159, we are also fully DASH accredited suppliers so you can rest assured your bees will be in prime condition on collection.

Our nucs are supplied on DN4 Langstroth frames which is suitable for a Langstroth Hives, including Flow Hives, inside a FREE ventilated correx transport box.

Please note these will only fit inside of a langstroth hive. If you require a Nuc for a National Hive, please see here.

We have many happy customers throughout the UK. Check our outstanding Trustpilot reviews, above pictures and videos above to see how docile our bees really are.

 

 

Availability Timescale Provisional Collection Date
1st Round (+/- 1-2 weeks) 12th April 2025
2nd Round (+/- 1-2 weeks) 19th April 2025
3rd Round (+/- 1-2 weeks) 26th April 2024
FINAL Round (stragglers) 3rd May 2025

 

Please select the most appropriate date for yourself when placing your order. Please be aware this date cannot be changed in our system once the order is placed.

*All quoted dates are provisional based on conditions and allowance of +/- 1-2 weeks must be accounted for. We cannot control the weather so please bear that in mind when placing your order. Any updates can be seen on our News & Updates section.

** Please note - depending on the time of year stores may vary, e.g. during April / May there is a strong flow of oil seed rape so a larger amount of honey could be expected. Nucs will initially benefit from feeding to establish into a stronger colony when moved into a full size box as demonstrated in our installation video.

Queens overwintered in our Langstroth nucs are bred in the UK from pedigree Danish Lines.

Shipping & Payment

PAYMENT FOR COLLECTED OVERWINTERED LANGSTROTH NUCS IS AN INITIAL NON REFUNDABLE £100 DEPOSIT WITH £200 PAYABLE ON COLLECTION.

We accept the following payment options – Debit / Credit Card, Paypal, Instant Bank Transfer and Cheque.

Once your order has been placed you will receive a confirmation email of your order and payment. Only when your deposit is received your order is secured. Our first point of contact will be via email so please be sure to enter a valid email address so we can invite you to book into our collection system. If we do not receive a response via email your Nuc will be offered to the next customer in the queue - unfortunately we just do not have the resources to chase customers consistently. We will contact you to make arrangements when we know your bees are ready and aim to supply during your selected allocation week, but as we are unable to control the weather an allowance of +/- 1-2 weeks must be accounted for as a contingency.

COLLECTIONS - Due to the time constraints we are under in the spring we can only offer collections on Saturdays between 8:00-13:00 (unless explicitly agreed before hand), we specifically dedicate Saturday to collections due to the amount of logistics behind the scenes required for rounding up nucs early AM. We are able to defer your collection to the following 2 weeks. Overwintered Nucs are also generally all ready around a similar time so will need to be collected within 14 days of being notified before they become too large. We are unable to delay collections further than this because they will require additional management to prevent swarming. Any additional delays will be charged a hive management fee of £20 + VAT per week.


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