Buckfast Cross Queen Mated

About the Buckfast Bee

These Buckfast queens will be the gentlelest you will find.  They are crossed with Greek Races with excellent results: Not inclined to rob, they don't run on the frames and they fly in cooler weather. They have a boundless capacity for foraging and pack the brood nest well for good over wintereing.  They are very hygienic bees which goes hand in hand with their genetic disposition for disease resistance. These queens our bred by our EU breeder.  All our queens are F1's and all are open mated.

About QUEEN posting:

You are ordering for a week commencing date and our Queens are normally posted on Wednesdays*, we can delay and post later in the week, just make a note in the special instructions box as you go through the check out.

Whilst we will do our best to send the queens the week you request, there may be times when, due to poor weather, that we have a delay or have to offer you an alternative race.  

Dispatch of your order will be notified by email so you know your order is on it way to you.

*We do email you on Tuesday to confirm dispatch date for the week. 

Delivery options

• Tracked 24 - £4.50 - no signature required.
• Guaranteed next day delivery - £8.00 - see NOTE below

NOTE - Guaranteed next day means you will get your queen the day after we post, not the day after you order it. It is also a service you need to sign for or the post man will take it back to the depot. If you cannot be home to sign for your order please select Tracked 24 as your delivery option as this will be posted through  your letter box.

Please see our delivery information page for more information regarding the delivery of live bees.

A queen that is found dead on arrival will only be replaced if we are contacted immediately on the day you receive it, either by email or telephone. We may request you return it to us, replacement will not be made if the cage as been opened or tampered with. We will replace a dead queen once only, no refunds will be offered.

Please see our delivery information page for more information regarding the delivery of live bees.

Further advice about queen introduction can be found here. You may also consider using a queen introduction cage; this cage fits directly onto a comb with brood and increases the acceptance rate of the queens.

postal prices are subject to change.