Nucleus Colonies & Queens for Sale in the UK

Overwintered, Spring & Summer nucs with UK-mated queens.

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Trusted by UK beekeepers for calm, productive Buckfast nucs

Dorset-raised nucleus colonies with UK-mated queens. Disease-checked, friendly advice, secure checkout, and dependable Royal Mail delivery.

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Calm and Productive Bees

Welcome to Jurassic Bees, a small family-run bee farm nestled on the picturesque Jurassic Coast in Dorset. We are passionate beekeepers, Charlie and Lorraine, dedicated to nurturing healthy, thriving live bees and nucs in Dorset. Our farm specializes in providing high-quality nucleus colonies and virgin queens, carefully bred to ensure robust and productive hives. With a deep commitment to sustainable practices and the well-being of our bees, we take pride in offering top-notch products that support both novice and experienced beekeepers alike. At Jurassic Bees, we treat our bees like family, and we’re excited to share our passion with you.

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from 29 reviews
absolutely perfect service

It was a great pleasure meeting and dealing with Charlie who very clearly is an extremely knowledgable apiarist he introduced the bees and the queen bee into my hobby bee hive in the most professional manner explaining every detail most clearly his after sales service is exceptional and I highly reccommend Charlie to anyone who has an interest in Bee Keeping. Charlie travelled a great distance to personally deliver my swarm of bees and install them in the hive . I will most certainly keep using him .

Sam
Summer Dorset Buckfast National Nuc's (Paynes Poly National Nuc)

5 Star after two weeks, plenty of capped and uncapped brood, lots of activity, mixed pollen being collected, very calm and easy to handle colony.

Allan Smith
Spring Dorset Buckfast, National Nuc's (Paynes 6 Frame Poly Nuc)
May "Bees"

Beautiful Coloney of Bees
Very Calm to work with i would definitely buy from jurassic bees again..
Personal service with lots of helpful knowledge
Thank you Jurassic Bees 🐝

Anne Barratt
Spring F1 Buckfast National Nucleus Colonies (Abelo 6 Frame Poly Hive)
National Nuc

Bees arrived in excellent health and are thriving with a great start to the summer. Great to be able to buy local bees, they seem incredibly calm and easy to manage!

Rob McCormick
Spring Dorset Buckfast, National Nuc's (Paynes 6 Frame Poly Nuc)
Brilliant service and bees

Bees are gentle and service excellent

Joanne Francis-Lawrence
Summer F1 Buckfast National Nucleus Colonies (Paynes Poly National)
Brilliant customer service

Absolutely brilliant service. Bees brilliant but it’s all new. But customer service is perfect.

Tom Redman
Over Wintered F1 Buckfast National Nucleus Colony (Abelo 6 frame poly hive)
New Bees F1 Buckfast.

Couldn't be more please when the Bees arrived. The Nucleus was full to the brim with healthy Bees. All the Bees were very calm on inspection .I would recommend Jurrassic to anyone New or old. Very pleased and many thanks.

Gary Bishop
Over Wintered F1 Buckfast National Nucleus Colonies (Paynes 6 Frame Poly Nuc)
Quality nuc

Good quality nuc, crammed with healthy bees, brood in all stages they are doing very well, many thanks and will be buying nucs from jurassic bees again

John bingham
Over Wintered F1 Carniolan National Nucleus Colony (Paynes 6 Frame Poly Nuc)
Very helpful

I had a few questions that I wanted to speak to someone about before jumping in. I rang the number and spoke to Charlie. He answered all of my questions and we discussed a few options. I was really grateful, and reassured that I can have guidance in my first year. Order placed. Looking forward to my first nuc of bees.

Richard Bailey
Spring F1 Buckfast National Nucleus Colonies (Abelo 6 Frame Poly Hive)

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Why Choose Us?

Choosing Jurassic Bees means opting for unparalleled quality and personal touch. As a small, family-run apiary on the stunning Jurassic Coast in Dorset, we are deeply passionate about our craft. Our live bees, nucleus colonies, virgin and mated Queens are all reared and grown in Dorset. Our bees are carefully selected to ensure they are calm gentle bees that are healthy, resilient, and highly productive.