Spring Dorset Buckfast, National Nuc's (Paynes 6 Frame Poly Nuc)
THIS IS A PREORDER FOR AN SPRING BUCKFAST NUC FOR DELIVERY OR COLLECTION IN 2025.
The TOTAL cost of our Dorset National nucs is £330, the Paynes 6 frames nucs are available with free delivery or collection.
6-Frame F1 Buckfast Nucleus Colony (Nuc) – 2025 F1 Buckfast Queen
Experience the vitality and productivity of our 6-frame Buckfast 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 Buckfast 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.
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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
- 2025 Mated Queen: A 2025 Dorset 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.
- Paynes 6 Frame Nuc: A nearly new high density, 6 frame Paynes nucleus, with integrated feeder and travel screen.
- 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.
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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
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. Nucs will be available for Collection or Delivery from May.
Due to exceptional demand this item is SOLD OUT 29/12/2024
- 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 Paynes Poly Nucleus with a ventilated lid and side feeder less than 8 months old
- All frames and foundation less than 12 months old, marked green to indicate year they were put into service
All Paynes Nucs come with free shipping included.
We use 24-hour Royal Mail Special Delivery (Pre 1pm) with Signature REQUIRED.
Nucs are guaranteed to arrive alive. Please note, this service cannot deliver through a letterbox.
Nucs 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 nucs.
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.
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