Summer F1 Carniolan National Nucleus Colony (Abelo Poly Hive)
THIS IS A PREORDER FOR AN OVERWINTERED NUC FOR COLLECTION IN 2025.
The TOTAL cost of our Dorset National nucs is £330, the Abelo 6 frame hives are available collection only.
6-Frame F1 Carniolan, National Nucleus Colony (Nuc) 2025 F1 Carniolan Queen
Experience the vitality and productivity of our 6-frame Carniolan Nucleus Colony, the perfect addition to your apiary whether you're an experienced beekeeper or just beginning your journey. Each nuc is meticulously prepared to ensure a healthy, thriving colony, featuring a newly mated queen from this season to guarantee robust future growth.
Why Choose Our Carniolan Nucs?
Our Buckfast nucs are known for their gentle temperament, making them ideal for beekeepers of all experience levels. Bred from carefully selected stock, our colonies exhibit excellent honey production, resistance to common bee diseases, and superior overwintering capabilities.
What You’ll Receive:
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6 Frames: Includes a balanced mix of brood, pollen, and honey stores, ensuring your bees have everything they need to thrive in their new home. This includes a minimum of 3 frames of brood in all stages
- 2024 Mated Queen: A 2025 mated queen, selected for her productivity and calm nature, helping to establish a strong, cohesive colony.
- Strong, Healthy Bees: Our nucs are created from colonies that are rigorously inspected and treated for disease, ensuring you receive a healthy and vigorous colony.
- Abelo 6 Frame Hive: Strong plastic floor with open vents, Abelo high density polystyrene brood box, Abelo high insulation Crown Board and Roof
- New Frames and Wax Foundation: We make our Dorset nucleus colonies within dedicated nucleus apiaries from brand new frames and foundation, ensuring you receive pristine and clean equipment to start your beekeeping adventure.
Our Promise:
We take pride in our bees and are committed to delivering nucs that will exceed your expectations. Our bees are raised in Dorset in the heart of the Jurassic World Heritage site, where they forage on a rich diversity of local flora, contributing to the exceptional strength and resilience of our colonies. Whether you’re looking to expand your apiary or start anew, our Buckfast nucs are the perfect choice for sustainable beekeeping.
Pre-Order Now:
Due to high demand, we recommend pre-ordering your nuc early in the season. Summer Nucs will be available for collection from June onwards.
- 6 x DN4 frames of bees (with a minimum of 3 frames containing brood in all stages - BIAS)
- 1 x Queen as per the description.
- 1 x Abelo 6 frame Poly hive with rebated system, open mesh floor, poly crown board and roof.
- All frames and foundation less than 12 months old, marked green to indicate year they were put into service
Abelo Nucs are only available for collection in Dorset. We are unabl to post Abelo nucs.
We generally have collection days on Saturdays throughout April and May.
We will be in touch to agree a suitable date and time for collection.
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