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High-quality mated queens for sale. Buy queen bees today.
Our mated queen bees are supplied in a postal introduction cage and sent via Special Delivery with Royal Mail. You can order up to the 4pm cut off to qualify for same day dispatch. Buy queen bees today and transform your colony of bees into something truly special.
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1. TEMPERAMENT
Aggressive colonies of bees are not good fun. They make inspections awkward and it's the easiest way to annoy your neighbours.
Requeening an aggressive colony with a mated queen of known heritage will resolve the issue of aggression but it can take around 10-12 weeks to take effect as the older bees die off.
2. DISEASE
Diseases, viruses and infections such as chalk brood, sac brood, bald brood and even EFB can often be eradicated by requeening your colony with a queen of known heritage.
It's good practise to combine the requeening with comb replacement before the introduction to reduce the chance of reinfection.
3. AGE
Queens will need to replaced every 2-3 years. You can leave the bees to do this for you through a process called supersedure, but this does not guarantee the queen will be correctly mated and some still like to requeen with a mated queen.
At BMH, we requeen our hives every 2 years.
4. MAKING INCREASE
One of the most common reason for introducing a mated queen is making splits for increase. We have a separate page detailing how to split beehives, but the process is very similar to requeening your bees.
You just take a split from a colony to include BIAS and stores and then add a mated queen.
5. SUITABILITY
There are many sub species of honey bee across the world. Some sub species/hybrids are better suited to tasks than others. For example, Buckfast bees are very prolific and great for making splits, whilst AMM create very pure, white wax honey cappings.
You may wish to requeen for a specific reason.
6. FAILING QUEEN
Replacing a failing queen is probably the number one reason to requeen a beehive. Queens fail in many ways but most result in them turning into drone laying queens.
When you replace a DLQ, you need to find her, kill her and then follow the steps above to ensure you achieve a successful introduction.
These queens have proved to be an excellent investment. Lots of brood and bees filling supers at an alarming rate. The frames I put in after splits I did in late April have already been drawn and filled with brood. Nice and quiet and easy to work with. I am already looking forward to my next batch.
David Bowes
Reasons to requeen your colony of bees
In this video, I discuss the reasons for wanting to requeen your bees. They may be failing due to a poorly mated queen or your colony is being subjected to a disease. Your bees may have turned aggressive suddenly or they are just not producing enough honey. There are many reasons to requeen a beehive.
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Mated queen bees for sale
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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I purchased a mated queen, had great support after receiving my queen promptly and safety packaged. Responded to my emails with regards to introducing her and what I should do with my Hive and frames. Great personal touch. Thanks
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