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.