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Buy Queen Bees at BMH
Our mated queen bees are bred from the healthiest and most productive colonies, ensuring strong and thriving hives within your apiary. We prioritise calmness throughout the breeding process, resulting in exceptionally calm colonies of bees. When you buy queen bees before 4pm, we send your queens in a postal introduction cage, on a next day delivery service with Royal Mail.
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Calm, placid and prolific. The perfect mated queen
Our mated queen bees are beautifully calm on the frames and are bred for their exceptional temperament and prolific honey gathering capabilities. Our swift ordering system allows you to buy queen bees online before 4pm to qualify for same day dispatch. When you introduce a mated queen bee into a colony, the transformation is incredible!
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Why buy mated queens from Black Mountain Honey?
Our mated F1 Buckfast queens are some of the very best genetics from within the UK and throughout Europe. We source top quality, mated queen bees from our strategic partners in Europe - Melita Bees. We take weekly deliveries throughout the season and generally sell out before the queens arrive. This means they reach you in pristine condition, perfectly primed for introduction.
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BUY QUEEN BEES
When you buy queen bees online from Black Mountain Honey you have access to some of the best mated queen bees in the UK. Our mated Buckfast queens are always marked for the mating year and come in an postal cage that can be used for mated queen introduction.
QUEEN BEES FOR SALE UK
Our Buckfast queen bees for sale are bred using superior Buckfast genetics from some of the best breeders in Europe. Our strategic partners select from over 10'000 colonies and then produce artificially inseminated breeder queens to ensure top quality mated queens for sale.
MATED QUEENS FOR SALE UK
Our mated queens for sale are available throughout the season. Our first batch arrives in April and we have a supply throughout the year. We take pre-orders in winter to ensure you get the first mated queens that are available within the UK market. Our queens can really transform your colonies.
BUY BEES UK
Our F1 Buckfast queens are bred using UK proven genetics so they can cope with the mild, damp climate in the UK. They are hand grafted from selected breeder queens that have been selected for over 40 years.
MATED QUEEN BEES FOR SALE
Our Buckfast queens create strong, thriving colonies of bees. They have excellent temperament and given the right conditions, produce a significant amount of honey. They are perfect for re-queening grumpy colonies.
NEXT DAY DELIVERY - 4PM
We offer the latest delivery cut off time in the UK. All orders placed before 4pm Mon - Fri will be shipped the same day (when in stock) and will arrive within 24 hrs sent on a Royal Mail Special Delivery Service. We even deliver on Saturdays for no extra charge.
Our ordering process is simple
We do our best to make things as simple as possible. From fast checkouts to Apple/Google Pay. We have you covered.
Easy Ordering
Our website is backed by WIX so it's super-fast and secure. We support fast checkouts with Google/Apple Pay to make ordering as simple as possible. We take all major credit/debit cards.
Fast Delivery
We work as hard as the bees to get your orders to you ASAP. Queens/Nucs are sent via Royal Mail’s Special Tracked Next Day Delivery and all other orders are sent via a Tracked 48hr service.
Customer Service
We don’t just deliver your bees and abandon you. We produce a wide range of videos to help you become a better beekeeper and are always contactable by phone, email or WhatsApp.
Quality Products
Our mated queen bees are some of the very best the UK has to offer. We produce our own UK Mated F1 Buckfast bees in Wales and supply the very best buckfast genetics from across Europe.
Happy Customers
We pride ourselves on our quality products and customer service – but don’t just listen to us. Hear what our customers have to say about their experience at Black Mountain Honey.
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