Norfolk Honey - Honeybees for sale in Wales
Honeybees for sale - pick up in Wales from a bee keeper and hive maker
Nucs of Welsh honeybees available for pick up 2012. Starting in April (sorry
bad weather - May) these early nucs will have 2011 queens. (later in the year
nucs
with new queens will
be available) The bees are bred in Wales so the nearer you live to Wales to
more likely they will
be
suited for
your
location.
They
are
on five
frames
with
marked queens.
The nucs will be available in a choice of four boxes:
1 In a white Corex traveling box - £170
As the the bees can't stay
in these boxes for very long you will need to pick them up the day after they
are put into the box. We will give you the date for pick in advance.
2 In a cedar brood box attached to a Varroa open mesh floor
with a crown board and roof - £305
Ideal for beginners who haven't yet purchased
a hive. Your nuc will be in a brand new brood box ready for feeding and expansion.
There
will be no need to take the frames out of one box and put them into another
box. All you will need to do is pick up the brood box with the bees in, put
it in the boot of your car, site it in your new apiary, leave it to settle
down
for
an
hour
or
two
before you open your entrance block and let the bees fly. There is no time
pressure on when you pick your bees up. You can also buy a queen excluder,
more supers, a feeder, a smoker etc. etc. when you pick your box up.
3 In a cedar nuc box - £270
If you already have a hive
then a nuc box is a very useful extra piece of equipment to have in your apiary
shed. Once the frames with the bees on have been moved into your hive you can
keep it to use again.
It
can
be used to house a swarm. You can breed a new queen in it. You can move your
queen
back
into it in order to split your hive. You will always find a spare nuc box
worth having. There is less time pressure on picking up your bees in a nuc box
than in a corex box but not as much leeway as in a brood box.
4 In polystyrene traveling box - £230
This
traveling box also doubles up as a nuc box with a feeder compartment down one
side.
The first bees will be available for pick up early in the season giving you
maximum time to build up your colony - hopefully before the main 2012 honey
flow! However,
as they are previous seasons queens we would advise that you split your hive
during this first season and breed yourself a second queen. By splitting your
hive you can easily breed one or more queens for 2013. Norfolk honey offer
a unique online course to help you breed a new queen safely without risking
the loss of your existing queen. For
our queen rearing course click here
Pick up near Wrexham. If you wish to pick up in South Wales please email
for details.
To purchase please email for
my bank details.