Danish F1 Mated Buckfast Queen
Premium Danish F1 Buckfast Mated Queen Bees – Bred for Hardiness & Performance!
Take your beekeeping to the next level with our top-quality Danish F1 Buckfast queen bees, expertly grafted from elite breeder queens and mated in Dorset’s Jurassic Coast climate for ultimate resilience.
Free Special Delivery! – All queens are sent via Royal Mail 24-hour tracked delivery, ensuring they arrive quickly and safely.
Why Choose Our Mated Buckfast Queens?
✅ Bred for Hardiness & Survival
Our breeder queens originate from Ivan Nielson’s world-renowned Himmerlandske Bie in Denmark, a region with a latitude equivalent to Scotland. Selected for winter resilience, these queens ensure strong, overwintered colonies that thrive in the UK’s unpredictable climate.
✅ Mated in Full-Sized 6-Frame Nucs for Quality Control
Unlike many suppliers who use smaller mating nucs, our queens are mated in 6-frame nucleus hives and left for a minimum of 4 weeks. This allows them to lay across full-sized frames, ensuring we can thoroughly assess their brood pattern for quality and consistency before sale.
✅ Superior Mating Process for Stronger Colonies
Raised in strategic Dorset coastal apiaries, our queens mate with a genetically diverse pool of premium Buckfast drones, producing offspring with exceptional vitality and longevity.
✅ Carefully Selected for These Key Traits:
🐝 Hygienic Behavior – Proven resistance to pests and disease, including high removal rates of infected brood.
🐝 Nosema Tolerance – Lab-tested for reduced Nosema spore levels, ensuring stronger, healthier colonies.
🐝 Calm & Gentle Bees – Perfect for easy hive management, even for beginner beekeepers.
🐝 Winter Hardiness – Bred in a harsh northern climate and tested for survival in extreme conditions.
🐝 High Honey Production – Optimized for efficient nectar gathering and maximum yields.
✅ Decades of Selective Breeding
Since 1998, Ivan Nielson and his team have used rigorous testing methods to refine their Buckfast lines. Each queen is selected for productivity, temperament, and resistance, making them ideal for sustainable, high-performance beekeeping.
✅ Natural Island Mating for Genetic Strength
Unlike instrumentally inseminated queens, our breeder queens are island-mated on Mandø, ensuring a natural selection process that enhances colony vigor.
Perfect for UK Beekeepers
Developed in the UK, Buckfast bees thrive in British conditions, offering a balanced blend of productivity, disease resistance, and gentle temperament.
Free Special Delivery! – All queens are sent via Royal Mail 24-hour tracked delivery, ensuring they arrive quickly and safely.
Quality Guaranteed! – We stand by the quality of our queens:
✅ Live Arrival Guarantee – If your queen arrives dead, we’ll replace her free of charge.
✅ Drone Layer Guarantee – If your queen becomes a drone layer, we will replace her.
We will replace queens that are dead on arrival, provided they remain in their SEALED cage and are reported within 8 hours of the initial recorded delivery time. A video showing the deceased queen and your order number is required for replacement. All dead queens must be returned in their original sealed cages.
24-hour Royal Mail Special Delivery (Pre 1pm) with Signature REQUIRED. Queens are guaranteed to arrive alive. Please note, this service cannot deliver through a letterbox - £9.50.
Queens are expected to arrive the day AFTER dispatch. However, we cannot guarantee the exact day or time of delivery.
We guarantee the live arrival of your queens. If queens arrive damaged or dead, we will replace them free of charge.
Please ensure your address is 100% accurate. We are not liable for failed deliveries due to incorrect addresses or if you are unavailable to sign for your delivery.
All cancelled orders will incur a £5 restocking and payment processing fee.
We work hard as Queen breeders to maintain a consistent supply of queens, and cancellations make it challenging to accurately forecast demand throughout the year.
Additionally, our payment processing system incurs fees even when a refund is issued.
By placing an order on this website, you agree to and accept this cancellation charge.