Buckfast Mated Queen Bee

May Until September 2017

1st CLASS DELIVERY OR  NEXT DAY SPECIAL DELIVERY
Character and behavior
Open Mated
 

Beneficial

• Considered to be gentle and non-aggressive
• Good Sense of orientation considered better than other honey bee strains
• Less drifting of bees 
• Able to overwinter in smaller numbers 
• honey stores are conserved during winter months
• Able to quickly adapt to changes in the environment
• Calm & steady on the comb
• Brood rearing is reduced when available forage decreases
• Low use of propolis
• can be fairly resistant to brood diseases
• Do well in areas with strong spring nectar flow and early pollination such as areas with rape seed
• Forage earlier in the morning and later in the evening, and on cool, wet days.
• Workers can live up to 11% longer than other breeds

• They overwinter well produce good honey crops of honey.

•  We sell Local Bred mated Queens and also Non-British Imported Queens. To avoid confusion we sell all Queens as Imported. I consider all these Queen to be of an equal high Qualitiy.
• Order before 8am Monday to Thursday for same day dispatch