Spring 5 frame Nucleus of Bees Beeswax placing it above a queen

placing it above a queen excluder is recommended

place a bar into each bracket pair and then fill them with cages

the most commonly used frame size in the UK

Of course these virgin queens will be mated with your local drone stock

We have found no difference in their ability to be well mated

Spring 5 frame Nucleus of Bees Beeswax placing it above a queenSupplied in a Correx box and available either for collection from our site in the Norfolk Broads, or posted, these 5 frame nucleus colonies are headed by one of our own queens from this year and will be available from the end of May into June and July depending on when they are ready. All of our nucleus colonies will contain at least 3 frames of brood in all stages (often more) with sufficient food to get your new colony started. All of our bees are