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Buckfast Queen Bee
Availability:
Stocked from April - September. Please be aware that early in the season queens are in high demand with limited supply.
Bulk Pricing:
Buy in bulk and save
£38.00
Imported 2025 F1 Buckfast queen bee, mated and marked accordingly for the year. Bulk discounts automatically applied, see below.
Developed by Brother Adam, who was in charge of beekeeping from 1919 at Buckfast Abbey in Devon in the United Kingdom, the Buckfast bee is a hybrid honey bee. A cross of many subspecies and strains selected for individual traits. Buckfast queens are very prolific in the spring laying lots of eggs building up strong colonies for honey production in the spring and summer. Lower tendency to swarm, Calm on the comb and very placid bees when handled gently. They are the perfect bees for hobby and commercial beekeepers alike.
Queen bees are sold in strict accordance with government legislation and the guidelines set by the National Bee Unit. This ensures that every queen you receive is healthy, robust, and compliant with the highest standards of beekeeping practice, please see our Sale Of Live Bees Policy. All queen bees are shipped using Royal Mail. Royal Mail is one of the only companies in the UK that handles and delivers queen bees, following all local legal requirements and safety standards. This ensures our queen bees are well looked after during transit, reaching you safely and securely.
All of our imported Buckfast queen bees are imported from an EU breeder who we have been working with for many years. All imports arrive in the UK accompanied with a health certificate, which is inspected along with the queens on arrival by the NBU.
Bulk Pricing:
- Buy 5 - 9 and get £1.00 off each queen.
- Buy 10 - 19 and get £2.00 off each queen.
- Buy 20 or above and get £3.00 off each queen.
All of our queen bees are dispatched by Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1:00pm and must be signed for. This is to ensure that the queen spends minimal time in transit.
Queens are dispatched in an introduction cage with several attendants to look after her on the journey. Click here to see our method of introduction. Please be aware that acceptance into your colony is not guaranteed.
Imported 2025 F1 Buckfast queen bee, mated and marked accordingly for the year. Bulk discounts automatically applied, see below.
Developed by Brother Adam, who was in charge of beekeeping from 1919 at Buckfast Abbey in Devon in the United Kingdom, the Buckfast bee is a hybrid honey bee. A cross of many subspecies and strains selected for individual traits. Buckfast queens are very prolific in the spring laying lots of eggs building up strong colonies for honey production in the spring and summer. Lower tendency to swarm, Calm on the comb and very placid bees when handled gently. They are the perfect bees for hobby and commercial beekeepers alike.
Queen bees are sold in strict accordance with government legislation and the guidelines set by the National Bee Unit. This ensures that every queen you receive is healthy, robust, and compliant with the highest standards of beekeeping practice, please see our Sale Of Live Bees Policy. All queen bees are shipped using Royal Mail. Royal Mail is one of the only companies in the UK that handles and delivers queen bees, following all local legal requirements and safety standards. This ensures our queen bees are well looked after during transit, reaching you safely and securely.
All of our imported Buckfast queen bees are imported from an EU breeder who we have been working with for many years. All imports arrive in the UK accompanied with a health certificate, which is inspected along with the queens on arrival by the NBU.
Bulk Pricing:
- Buy 5 - 9 and get £1.00 off each queen.
- Buy 10 - 19 and get £2.00 off each queen.
- Buy 20 or above and get £3.00 off each queen.
Our Buckfast queen bees for sale are naturally mated - Non laying or drone laying queens will be replaced if sufficient photographic evidence is provided at our request.
Customer Reviews
124 Review
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Buckfast Queen Bee
Always a pleasure to deal Honeyfield Bee Farm. I was given some good advice, much appreciated. Delighted with the prompt service. The Queen arrived well packaged with attendants the next day after order was placed, and is now in her new hive. Thanks.
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Buckfast Queen
Andy Gilchrist 18th April 2020 4 queens arrived promptly on 17th, well packaged with attendants all in good health, are now safely in new homes. Excellent service considering the state of things in UK & EUROPE. Good weather forecast for next week or so, hopefully they'll do well Thanks
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Buckfast Queen Bee
4 new queens arrived after the bank holiday weekend which I was thankful for after a short cold snap in the weather. All queens and attendants are active and appear very healthy. I am a returning customer from last year where I bought two buckfast queens that were of the same condition and over wintered very well. I am impressed so far, thank you.
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Buckfast Queen
Pleased with a late 2018 Buckfast queen. The colony over wintered well and have produced 3 supers this year - could have been more, but they were determined to swarm despite having plenty of space. Quite a good temperament, only negative is that the bees are very skittish.