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RAISED IN DORSET

Spring Langstroth Nuc for Sale — 6-Frame, 2027

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Total colony price £330
Deposit payable today
£50
Mainland UK delivery FREE

Remaining balance: £280 — payable by BACS at least 28 days before delivery or collection

Reservations open — planned supply from May 2027

A May start with a young queen

A new-season Langstroth colony with a young, UK-mated queen, for planned supply from May 2027. A practical starting point for beginners or beekeepers adding a colony.

  • 6-frame Langstroth colony in a Paynes poly nuc box
  • UK-mated F1 Buckfast or Carniolan queen
  • £330 total, including mainland UK postage; £50 deposit
  • For matching Langstroth or compatible Flow Hive brood boxes
Choose your queen
F1 Buckfast: Calm, gentle and robust, with steadier spring build-up and a tendency to overwinter in a larger cluster.
F1 Carniolan: Calm, gentle and hardy, with fast spring build-up and a tendency to overwinter in a smaller cluster.
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● Only 3 reservations remaining
✓ Personally raised in Dorset
✓ Support from our family apiaries
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“Great colony arrived safely Thursday and in their new home Friday.”★★★★★sandra ostojic · Spring Langstroth customerRead full review +
Great colony arrived safely Thursday and in their new home Friday. Bees are very calm and are busy foraging between the rain showers

sandra ostojic · Review of our Spring Langstroth nuc

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Is this Spring Langstroth nuc right for you?

Give your hive a May start with a new-season colony and a young laying queen.

If May fits your plans, this colony gives you bees already working with a current-season queen. You have spring and summer ahead to support its growth, with preparation guidance and help from our Dorset bee farm. For a first hive, arrange training or local mentoring alongside your equipment.

Know what you’re bringing home

Your Spring Langstroth nucleus colony — what you receive

Your six-frame Langstroth colony includes four frames of brood in all stages, two frames of stores and a mated F1 queen. It comes with a new Paynes poly nuc and practical support from our family bee farm.

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Paynes six-frame Langstroth poly nuc with ventilated travel roof in a Dorset apiary
An insulated, reusable Paynes poly nuc
Calm, healthy bees on wooden hive frames at Jurassic Bees
Calm, healthy bees
Mated F1 queen on honeycomb, identified with a white marking and handwritten arrow
A mated F1 queen
A frame of brood with an arrow pointing from the label to the comb
4 frames of brood in all stages
Bees on fresh wax comb holding golden stores, labelled two frames of stores
2 frames of stores
Lorraine checking nucs at the family bee farm in Dorset, with a support message
Support as your colony grows

  1. Your colony comes in a new Paynes six-frame Langstroth poly nuc, prepared with ventilation for transport. Keep the box for future colonies or splits, with suitable equipment and care. The Langstroth frames and wax comb are less than eight months old.

  2. We select for calm handling and care for our colonies with regular inspections, routine health checks and responsible Varroa management.

  3. Choose F1 Buckfast or Carniolan. Your queen is UK-mated, laying and marked for her mating year, so she is easier to spot during inspections.

  4. Eggs, larvae and sealed brood across four frames, with the worker bees caring for them. New bees will emerge as your colony develops.

  5. Two frames of honey and pollen stores support the colony as it settles in. Keep checking its food levels and feed when needed.

  6. Charlie and Lorraine are here to help with preparation, installation, feeding, inspections and queen concerns. Get practical advice from the people who raise and care for your bees in Dorset.

Raised in Dorset. Inspected before dispatch. Ask us about your nuc before you reserve.

“Charlie is incredibly helpful and generous with his knowledge.”★★★★★Leanne Upfold · Spring Langstroth customerRead full review +
We ordered 10 nuc colonies of Carniolan bees. Charlie hand delivered each precious box and gently transferred them into their new homes.Charlie is incredibly helpful and generous with his knowledge. It was a seamless experience. Thank you Jurassic Bees!

Leanne Upfold · Review of our Spring Langstroth nuc

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Will it fit your hive?

Supplied on six standard Langstroth brood frames, ready to transfer into a standard Langstroth brood box.

Price, reservation and delivery

Our May Langstroth nucs are planned for supply from May 2027, subject to weather and colony readiness. The ordering panel shows current availability.

  1. Choose your queen and fulfilment option. Select F1 Buckfast or Carniolan, then Posted or Collection when reservations are open.
  2. Reserve with £50. The total is £330, including free mainland UK delivery for posted orders. Pay the £280 balance by BACS at least 28 days before your agreed delivery or collection date. The deposit is subject to the cancellation terms below.
  3. Prepare for your bees. We confirm the date before dispatch and agree another date if conditions are unsuitable.

Posted orders use Royal Mail Special Delivery by 1pm, with a preferred Tuesday-to-Friday delivery day. Dorset collection is available on Saturdays by arrangement; contact us to discuss hand delivery within Dorset.

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Before your bees arrive

Why choose May rather than April?

May gives you a new-season colony and a current-season queen, with more preparation time than an April start. You still need regular inspections and suitable space as it grows.

Will I get honey in the first season?

A crop depends on weather, forage, colony strength and your management. Help the colony establish first. A honey harvest or enough growth to make additional colonies is not guaranteed.

What should I have ready?

Have your compatible Langstroth hive, remaining frames, stand, site and protective equipment ready. Follow our nuc installation guide when the colony arrives, inspect during transfer and feed as needed. Our syrup calculator helps with mixing quantities. For your first colony, arrange training or a local mentor and allow time for regular care.

Initial Inspection Guarantee & Cancellations

Our voluntary five-day nucleus colony guarantee runs from delivery or collection and covers the initial inspection when transferring the colony into your hive. Check that the queen is present and that the colony matches what was ordered, and report any concerns within five days of receipt. Collection customers have the same five-day period to take their bees home and inspect them.

We assess each reported issue individually and provide an appropriate remedy, such as a replacement queen or nucleus colony. Subsequent husbandry and management are the beekeeper’s responsibility. Transferring the nuc into your hive does not invalidate this initial-inspection guarantee or your statutory rights.

If you cancel before dispatch or collection, we retain the £50 deposit and refund the rest, including within the final three weeks, with no additional late-cancellation charge. Deductions are limited to reasonable net losses after taking steps to reduce them and reduced or waived where appropriate. Where a full refund is legally required, no deposit is retained.

See our Terms and Conditions. Your statutory rights remain unaffected.

What our customers say

Customer Reviews

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David Wilson
Charlie was second to none

Charlie was second to none. He is passionate about bees and keeping bees. He gave a lot of time giving much very helpful information about how to look after ones bees. We are very thankful that he was able to find dadant size frames to grow the colonies for us. We highly recommend this friendly, local, high-quality business.

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Paul Barker
Absolutely excellent the owner brought the Nuc himself and talked us through everything ! Could

Absolutely excellent the owner brought the Nuc himself and talked us through everything ! Could not have been better ! Thanks team.

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Martin Torbett
Lovely calm bees

Lovely calm bees, easily swopped into hive after two days. Very calm, only water spray, no smoke. Would recommend Charlie's bees to anyone

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Louise Hatch
The bees came as directed

The bees came as directed, spoke to Charlie who gave some good advice. They have been re located to a wooden hive, but due to weather not inspected since.

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Paul J
summer Nuc great service

Bees arrived next day in a new poly Nuc hive.
A beautiful Nuc of gentle bees that have settled in and working away. Customer service was excellent, great communication. I would definitely recommend and buy from Jurassic bees again.

THE JURASSIC BEES DIFFERENCE

Our Family. Our Hives. Your Bees.

We are a small, hands-on family beekeeping business in Dorset. The bees we sell are raised and cared for in our own apiaries, with personal support from the people who know them.

Healthy Bees Start with Good Husbandry

Regular inspections, responsible Varroa management and careful breeding help us raise strong, healthy colonies.

Your Bees, When You Expect Them

We plan nuc dispatch around your selected April, May or June delivery period and colony readiness.

Support Doesn't End at Delivery

Friendly, practical guidance from our own beekeeping experience, before and after your bees arrive.

A Family Bee Farm, Not Mass Production

Based on Dorset's Jurassic Coast, we give our bees personal attention and take pride in the colonies we raise.

Two beehives at Jurassic Bees in Dorset
A family bee farm
on Dorset's Jurassic Coast