Summer National Nucleus Colony – Paynes 6-Frame Poly Nuc (Buckfast or Carniolan Queen)

Name: Summer National Nucleus Colony – Paynes 6-Frame Poly Nuc (Buckfast or Carniolan Queen)
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Rating: 5.0 (8 reviews)

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£50 deposit — Summer National Nucleus Colony – Paynes 6-Frame Poly Nuc (Buckfast or Carniolan Queen). Pre-order now for June. Total price £330 with free mainland UK delivery or collection. Balance due before dispatch. Buy...

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Nuc's are shipped in April, May, or June and arrive next day. We will contact you 2 weeks prior to shipping.

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£50 deposit — Summer National Nucleus Colony – Paynes 6-Frame Poly Nuc (Buckfast or Carniolan Queen). Pre-order now for June. Total price £330 with free mainland UK delivery or collection. Balance due before dispatch.

Buy your summer nuc UK today — a £50 deposit secures June delivery.

Summer National Nucleus Colony – Paynes 6-Frame Poly Nuc (Buckfast or Carniolan Queen)

Our summer nucs for sale UK are supplied on six National frames in a Paynes poly nuc. A great option for building colonies through summer dearth and preparing for winter.

Choose a UK-mated Buckfast queen (calm, productive) or a Carniolan queen (vigorous growth, excellent forage response). All colonies are health-checked and raised to UK standards.

Ideal for beekeepers in Dorset and across the UK who want a reliable 6 frame nuc for sale with June availability.

Why Choose Our Summer Nucs?

✔ Summer build — expand steadily through June–July.
✔ Queen choice — Buckfast (calm, steady) or Carniolan (strong expansion).
✔ 6-frame summer nuc — Paynes poly nuc with feeder & travel screen (6 frame nuc for sale spec).
✔ Free delivery or collection — Dorset hand-delivery, UK courier, or collection by arrangement.

What You’ll Receive

1 × Summer National nucleus colony of bees
1 × Paynes 6-frame poly nuc box with feeder & ventilated travel screen
1 × UK-mated queen — Buckfast or Carniolan (marked)
6 × National frames, including:
- Frames of brood in all stages
- Frames of pollen and capped honey stores

Availability

Available for June delivery. We’ll confirm your dispatch date at least two weeks before shipping.

Want earlier bees? See our Spring nucs (from May) or Overwintered nucs (from April).

Delivery & Collection Options

Free Dorset hand-delivery — by our beekeepers to any postcode in Dorset (dates arranged in advance).
Free mainland UK delivery — secure packaging via Royal Mail Special Delivery by 1 pm.
Collection by arrangement — collect directly from our Dorset base at a time agreed with us.

Many customers searching for “summer nucs for sale near me” choose our free local delivery or collection, while those further afield use our free next-day UK courier service.

FAQs — Summer Nucs

What’s the difference between a summer nuc and a spring nuc?

Summer nucs are created later in the season and grow through June–July. Spring nucs are available from May and start building earlier in the season.

When will my summer nuc be ready?

Summer nucs are usually ready from June. We’ll confirm dispatch at least two weeks prior.

Are these National or Langstroth frames?

This product is National format. For Flow Hive options, see our Langstroth nucs.

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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.

Great nuc of bees great service

I ordered an overwintered National nuc with an F1 Buckfast queen and had it delivered by Charlie. The bees arrived strong, healthy, and very calm to handle. The queen is laying beautifully and the colony is building up quickly.

I’ve contacted Charlie several times for advice, and he has always been incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. The after-sales support has been just as good as the bees themselves.

Highly recommend Jurassic Bees for anyone looking for quality stock and reliable service.

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 .

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.

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!