Norfolk Honey - Honey Bees for sale
Honey Bees for sale
Bees for sale
A brood box of bees
I have bees ready for sale at most times
of the year but the best time to buy bees is in the early spring when they
are
easy
to
handle
and
move around. Buying a brood box of bees in the spring has the advantage
that you are very likely to get a good crop of honey from your bees before
the year is over. If
you buy a complete brood box of bees in April (not just a nuc) You will be
able to 'split' your hive into two and be able to take honey from both hives
by the end of July.
A complete brood box of bees costs (please email
me for current prices) for
the bees (not including the frames or the box) I will exchange my frames with
bees, brood, and stores for your
new
frames.
I
will
take my
bees out of my brood box and put them into your brood box. The first frame
to be moved will be the frame with the queen on.
Buying a existing brood box complete with queen in residence at the beginning
of the season (April) gives the bees time to settle down and establish themselves
in your new location and once settled they will make honey for you by the end
of July.
If you wish to buy the frames
as well I charge £2.50 per frame (twelve
frames in a brood box).
If you wish to buy the brood box as well that will cost £20
A complete brood box of bees including brood box and frames costs£200+
(please email me for current prices).
If you need a hive floor, crown board, queen excluder and roof please budget
for a further £80
Buying a 'Nuc'
A nucleus of bees consists of several frames of bees removed from the brood
box. These frames can then be put into a new brood box to set up a new hive.
It is essential that a laying queen bee is on one of the frames when the frames
are moved. The other
frames should consist of healthy brood
and
stores.
I sell nucs from around the end of April (last year's queen) and the
end of May beginning of June (new queens)
A nuc costs (please email me for
current prices) for the bees and £80 for a Nucleus Box to put
them in (if one is required). If I have nuc boxes made from recycled materials
they will cost £50. You can of course supply your own nuc box or brood
box to put my frames into. I will exchange my frames for yours.
The best time to buy bees is in April, May, June. You can however, buy bees
from me in the middle of the summer and build a strong colony to go through
the winter ready for a good start the following spring and you can buy them
in the autumn with anti Varoa medication in.
The equipment you need - see photographs
To get started in beekeeping you need:- a hive base
with entrance block, a brood box with 11 made up brood frames, a queen excluder
on top of
the brood
box, several supers and frames, a crown board on top of the supers, and finally
a roof on top.
If you have this equipment already, but without bees, you can bring your brood box to me and I can swap frames with brood and bees for you. A nucleus = four frames, one with the queen on, one with brood and two with stores on is £100.
A brood box of bees is (please email me for current prices). When you buy a brood box of bees from me you get all of my frames (standard national) in exchange for your frames. Once the queen has been located and the frame she is on has been moved to your brood box then the other frames are moved from my brood box to yours as well.
If you wish, you can buy my brood box, entrance block, base, and a crown board, in which case I will block the entrance in the evening after the bees have stopped flying and later that same evening you can take the brood box away with the bees in all strapped down and secured for £280+ (please email me for current prices).
If you wish me to set everything up with brand new equipment just for you I will need a little notice. The complete hive will cost £180+(please email me for current prices). Extra supers complete with made up frames cost £55 each. If you have no equipment at all and are starting from scratch you will need three or four supers and a roof on top. (roofs £25 made up).
BUY THE WORKS - A NEW HIVE MADE UP COMPLETE WITH A LAYING QUEEN AND BEES PLUS 3 SUPERS MADE UP READY FOR HONEY PRODUCTION
Bees (with queen) on 11 frames in a brood box on a base with queen excluder and crown board, plus three supers with nine made up frames in each super and a made up lid - £450+(please email me for current prices) and I will deliver them to you if you are within 50 miles or so of Norwich. (£50)
If you need all the equipment mentioned above and wish to make up the boxes yourself check out Thornes current stated prices. If you are working to a very low budget email me to see if there is any old second hand equipment available.
If you are giving up bee keeping and have second hand bee keeping kit that
you want to sell please email me (or call on 01603 440605) I often have customers
waiting to buy.
Equipment wanted
Peter is looking for a second hand heather honey press.
If you know of one that is for sale he would be grateful for the details. Please email me
Equipment for sale
01603 617632
(9am to 6pm)
Please Please email me for my mobile number