Buckfast Mated Queen Bee
 

 

UK DELIVERY ONLY

May Until September 2019
Order before 10:30 am Monday to Thursday for same day dispatch
We do not post on Fridays or weekends

1st CLASS DELIVERY OR  NEXT DAY SPECIAL DELIVERY
Character and behaviour
Open Mated
marked Green for 2019

• 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.