Product information
Buckfast Mated Queen Bee
UK DELIVERY ONLY
May Until September 2019
Order before 9:00am Monday to Thursday for same day dispatch
We do not post on Fridays or weekends
Special Delivery Only
Character and behaviour
Open Mated
marked Blue for 2020
- 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 over winter well produce good honey crops of honey.
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