Quality UK Nucleus Colonies from Sam’s apiaries.
All nucs headed with an F1 Buckfast Queen, disease-checked nucs ready for spring or summer.
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Trusted by beginner and experienced beekeepers.
Welcome to Sam’s Honey Bees
F1 Buckfast Nucleus Colonies- Calm, productive Bees for sale Chard-Somerset
Welcome to Sams Honey bees, a small independent apiary focused on quality over quantity. Based in Chard, Somerset producing quality honey and carefully bred Buckfast bee nucleus colonies.
Our bees are selected for calm temperament, strong productivity, and healthy colony development, making the ideal for both beginner and experienced beekeepers,
Premium overwintered and spring nucs, disease-checked, queen-right, and ready for collection or UK delivery.
We supply Buckfast nucs across the UK, South West, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall. Unfortunately at this time we only offer UK mainland delivery,
Calm Bees
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F1 Buckfast
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The best Queens
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Honey
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Calm Bees ✳︎ ✳︎ Perfect for beginner's ✳︎ F1 Buckfast ✳︎ The best Queens ✳︎ Somerset ✳︎ Honey ✳︎
All of our colony’s are headed with an F1 Buckfast queen. Buckfast bees are known for their gentle nature and strong foraging abilities, making them a great choice for the beginner/back garden beekeepers or if you’re wanting to expand your apiary. There such wonderful colonies that have such calm genetics, as it really enhances the beekeeping experience. The reduced tendency to swarm is a huge advantage, too, allowing for more productive hives.
Spring nucs are the perfect starter colony for the new beekeeper, watch the bees grow and fill your hive in the first season and get the bees strong enough to get through winter. Benefits of an over wintered nucs are a proven queen, ready to rapidly expand in spring, increasing honey production potential. Will be ready for collection April 2027.
All of our colony’s are headed with an F1 Buckfast queen. Buckfast bees are known for their gentle nature and strong foraging abilities, making them a great choice for the beginner/back garden beekeepers or if you’re wanting to expand your apiary. There such wonderful colonies that have such calm genetics, as it really enhances the beekeeping experience. The reduced tendency to swarm is a huge advantage, too, allowing for more productive hives.
Spring nucs are the perfect starter colony for the new beekeeper, watch the bees grow and fill your hive in the first season and get the bees strong enough to get through winter. Benefits of an over wintered nucs are a proven queen, ready to rapidly expand in spring, increasing honey production potential.
All of our colony’s are headed with an F1 Buckfast queen. Buckfast bees are known for their gentle nature and strong foraging abilities, making them a great choice for the beginner/back garden beekeepers or if you’re wanting to expand your apiary. There such wonderful colonies that have such calm genetics, as it really enhances the beekeeping experience. The reduced tendency to swarm is a huge advantage, too, allowing for more productive hives.
Summer nucs are the perfect starter colony for the new beekeeper, watch the bees grow and fill your hive in the first season and get the bees strong enough to get through winter. Benefits of an over wintered nucs are a proven queen, ready to rapidly expand in spring, increasing honey production potential.
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