Do you want to buy bees? This is the blog post for you!
The world of beekeeping has experienced a surge in popularity as more people recognise the importance of these essential pollinators and want to enjoy the pleasure of having a beehive in their own back garden. Whether you're a seasoned beekeeper expanding your apiary or a novice embarking on your first beekeeping adventure, buying bees online can be a convenient and efficient way to acquire your first nucleus colony of bees.
However, caution is key when navigating the digital marketplace to ensure that you're receiving healthy bees from reputable sources. In this guide, we'll explore the ins and outs of safely buying honey bees online and what factors to consider before making your purchase.
Buy Bees from a Reputable Supplier:
When you buy bees online, selecting a trustworthy supplier is paramount to the success of your beekeeping venture. Look for suppliers with numerous positive reviews and a solid reputation within the beekeeping community. Recommendations from experienced beekeepers or local beekeeping associations can be invaluable in finding reliable sources.
At Black Mountain Honey, we try to take this one step further. We do collect recommendations and reviews from our customers, but we also allow our customers to submit case studies to document their journeys with our nucs. This means before you buy bees online, you can watch our customers journeys and see our bees in action. This helps you gauge the temperament and prolificacy of our nucs for sale and actually see them in action before you buy bees online.
Check out our reviews - https://www.blackmountainhoney.co.uk/Customer-Reviews-Testimonials
Queen Bees and Genetics
Consider buying your bees from suppliers who can give you a breakdown of the background of the queen bee’s lineage. Ideally, you want some level of control of the lineage and genetics when you buy bees online. If you buy bees with an unknown genetic lineage, you may get a perfectly acceptable colony of bees. You may also get a box of aggressive mongrels. If the genetic lineage is not controlled, there is far genetic variation between the nucs for sale online.
If you buy bees from Black Mountain Honey, all of our nucleus colonies for sale are supplied with a marked, F1 Buckfast Mated Queen Bee. This means the mated queen within our nucs for sale are headed by the first generation after a pure Buckfast breeder queen. This provides you with the best mix of genetics for your first nucleus colony and ensures when you buy bees from Black Mountain Honey, they are calm, placid, prolific and produce a bumper honey crop.
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