Pre-Order Nucs in the UK – Secure Your Bees Early

Our nucleus colonies from Dorset are available to pre-order for 2026. Choose from overwintered, spring, or summer nucs with UK-mated Buckfast queens. Pre-ordering ensures you secure your bees ahead of demand.

Nucs for Sale in the UK | Buy Nucleus Colonies

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

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Premium 6-frame nucleus colonies for sale in the UK, raised in Dorset and headed by a UK-mated Buckfast queen. Every nuc is supplied on brand-new frames with fresh wax and foundation, ensuring a clean, disease-free start. All colonies are available to pre-order, giving you peace of mind for the season ahead. Whether you’re looking for honey bees for sale in the UK or local nucleus colonies from Dorset, our nucs provide the strongest possible start for your beekeeping journey.

At Jurassic Bees, every colony is raised with the same care we apply to our own apiaries. We’re committed to supplying calm, productive Buckfast bees, supported by years of hands-on experience in sustainable beekeeping. All our nucs are disease-checked, headed by proven queens, and trusted by both new and experienced beekeepers across the UK.

What Beekeepers Are Saying

Hear from customers across the UK who have started their beekeeping journey with Jurassic Bees nucs. From beginners to experienced apiaries, our colonies are trusted for calm temperament, strong growth, and reliable queens.

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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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Seasonal Options: Overwintered, Spring & Summer Nucs

❄️ Overwintered Nucs (April): Strong, hardy colonies proven through winter, ideal for beekeepers who want to pre-order nucs in the UK and get the earliest possible start.

🌱 Spring Nucs (May): Freshly mated queens and rapid expansion, the most popular choice for beginners searching for honey bees for sale in the UK.

🌞 Summer Nucs (June): A great option for later starts, providing a strong way to expand your apiary with locally raised Dorset nucleus colonies.

Feature ❄️ Overwintered (April) 🌱 Spring (May) 🌞 Summer (June)
Start Date April May June
Queen Winter-tested, proven hardy Freshly mated, low swarm risk Newly mated, summer established
Colony Strength Strongest early-season growth Balanced, steady expansion Good build-up, shorter season
Honey Yield (Year 1) 20–30kg (weather dependent) 10–20kg 0–10kg (assume none)
Best Suited For Early start, max growth, splits Beginners, reliable first hive Late starters, build for next year