UK Mated VSH Buckfast Mated Queen
£55.00
UK Mated VSH Buckfast Queen Bee
Welcome to Black Mountain Honey, the UK’s leading breeder of UK mated VSH Buckfast Queen Bees. Our Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH) queens are expertly bred and mated in the UK to deliver the highest levels of varroa resistance, hygienic behaviour, and colony vitality. Designed for beekeepers who value sustainability and long-term resilience, these queens are paving the way for a new era of treatment-free beekeeping.
What Makes Our VSH Buckfast Queens Unique
Our UK mated VSH F1 Buckfast Queens are bred from carefully selected pure VSH breeder lines, chosen for their proven ability to identify, uncap, and remove varroa-infested brood. This natural hygienic trait significantly reduces mite levels and improves colony survival without chemical treatments. Each queen is reared under controlled conditions to ensure strong mating success, genetic diversity, and consistent performance.
Key Benefits of Choosing VSH Buckfast Queens
Exceptional Varroa Sensitive Hygiene for improved colony health
Ideal for treatment-free and low-intervention beekeeping
Calm and manageable colonies, perfect for all experience levels
Robust brood patterns with outstanding honey-gathering ability
Fully UK mated and acclimatised to British conditions
Part of a sustainable breeding programme focused on genetic strength and biosecurity
Breeding Excellence You Can Trust
Every VSH Buckfast Queen Bee from Black Mountain Honey is an F1 hybrid, combining the vigour, productivity, and gentle nature of the Buckfast strain with the proven hygienic traits of VSH genetics. Our queens are raised in a controlled environment using responsible and ethical beekeeping practices to ensure premium quality and exceptional results in every colony.
Order & Delivery
Pre-order your UK Mated VSH Buckfast Queens for 2025 now to secure early delivery from Thursday 29th May 2025. All orders are dispatched securely from our UK facilities using trusted courier partners to ensure your queens arrive healthy, marked, and ready to introduce.
Sustainable Beekeeping Starts Here
By investing in VSH Buckfast Queens, you’re joining the movement towards a more sustainable, resilient, and self-sufficient form of beekeeping. Reduce reliance on treatments, strengthen your colonies naturally, and protect the future of beekeeping in the UK.
Black Mountain Honey – your trusted source for UK mated VSH Buckfast Queen Bees.
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Shipping Info
24hr Royal Mail Special Delivery (Pre 1pm). Signature REQUIRED. Queens are guaranteed to arrive alive. CANNOT be posted through letter box - £9.50
Queens are forecast to arrive the day AFTER 'day of dispatch'. We are unable to guarantee the day or time of delivery.
We guarantee the live arrival of your queens using ONLY THE ROYAL MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY SERVICE (£9.50). If queens arrived damaged or dead, we will replace free of charge when paying for the premium Special Delivery service.
Please ensure your address is 100% correct. We cannot be held liable for any failed deliveries if the address is incorrect or you aren't available to sign for your delivery.
Dead on Arrival
We will replace Queens that arrive dead on arrival ONLY if they are still in their SEALED cage and reported within 8 hrs of the FIRST recorded delivery slot. You will be required to take a video of the queen alongside a copy of your order number. All dead queens must be returned to us in their sealed cages.
We only offer our 'dead on arrival' guarantee when using the Premium Royal Mail Special Delivery option.
All queens sent using RM 24 ARE NOT COVERED IF THEY DIE WHILST IN TRANSIT, REGARDLESS OF ANY DELAYS INCURRED WHILST WITH THE COURIER.
Important Delivery Dates
To ensure you receive your queens at the right time, please select a date of DISPATCH. The queens will arrive the following day. If you select 'ASAP' we will send them as soon as they are available but queens that are ordered against specific dates will take priority.
Queens are forecast to arrive the day AFTER 'day of dispatch'. We are unable to guarantee the day of delivery.
Cancellations
ALL CANCELLED ORDERS WILL INCUR A £5 RESTOCKING AND PAYMENT PROCESSING FEE.
We work closely with our breeders to ensure we have a steady supply of queens and cancelled orders make it very difficult for us to accurately assess the needs throughout the course of the year.
Our payment processing facility on the website incurs fees regardless of whether the balance is refunded to the customer.
From Sunday 17th July 2022 all cancelled orders will incur a £5 surcharge. By placing an order on this website, you acknowledge and accept that any transaction that is cancelled, will incur a £5 cancellation charge.
Full Description
VSH Buckfast Mated Queen
When ordering VSH Buckfast Mated Queens you will receive the following:
- A marked, open mated, VSH Buckfast Mated Queen in a slow release queen introduction cage. Queens are not clipped and we do not offer this service. If you order more than one queen, they will arrive in separate cages (along with attendant bees).
- A5 introduction postcard detailing successful methods for introduction and QR codes for support videos on our YouTube channel.
- Orders will arrive in a ventilated cardboard container. Your consignment will require a signature on arrival.
- On placement of order you will receive an email confirmation. On the day of dispatch, you will receive a tracking code which can be tracked at Royal MaiL
Queens should be introduced to the beehives as soon as they are delivered. They can be introduced into a colony on the same day as dispatching the queen but fondant tabs should only be opened once the colony is hopelessly queenless.
Here is a link to our YouTube channel on how to successfully introduce queens. We cannot be held liable for any failed queen introductions. Bees are wild creatures and successful introduction is never guaranteed.
Mated queen bees are natural creatures and although we can advise you on how to achieve the best introduction success, we cannot be held liable for any failed queen introductions.
Untreated honey bees in tropical environments have been observed to develop certain levels of resistance to varroa. The strong selective pressure (no treatment by beekeepers, therefore a lot of Varroa) combined with a favorable climate for bees, allows a certain percentage of colonies to survive long enough to guarantee the creation of offspring (swarms, new colonies). These colonies have inherited one or more traits that help them keep the Varroa infestation under control.Also in the institutes, colonies have been selected that have favorable traits and can better control the number of Varroa in the hive. The best results so far are achieved by selecting honey bees with Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH) behavior: these bees can detect Varroa in the brood and remove the brood with Varroa so that Varroa cannot reproduce and multiply.
Royal Mail Special Delivery
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Reviews
Followed the revised introduction video support, this queen settled well and was laying after a week. She had crept into the honey super tho, so I was pleased to have found her there doing well.
So far so good, and very helpful when things didn’t go to plan at my end. Thank you. My bees have a noticeably calmer temperament now too.