I had this as an E-mail the other day.
Honey bees for sale - an established hive
An established colony of honeybees for sale - in an old hive
John is now in his seventies and has been keeping bees since he was fourteen years old. However, the time
has come for him to retire from bee keeping and to sell his fifty established colonies.
Complete colonies of honeybees for sale
The bees have been raised in the UK from a variety of original stock.
The Bees are on eleven National frames.
They will be supplied in the brood box that they have over wintered in.
The were inspected last July and done every year by DEFRA
They were treated last March and will be treated again next week with Apiguard (March 1)
Hives are cedar or pine all treated with Ducksback wood treatment
Comb between 1 and 5 years old
Collect from Lincolnshire before Sunday 6th of March.
The complete package consists of:
One Standard National sized beehive hive floor and entrance block (closed).
One Standard National brood box with eleven frames of bees brood and stores.
One crown board.
One hive strap to keep the above strapped together ready for traveling.
In addition each colony will have:
One queen excluder.
Two supers with frames of drawn out honeycomb ready for the bees to store honey into.
One flat hive roof.
One feeder bucket (used).
£180 - picked up before Sunday 6th of March.
This is a good year to buy UK bees. The bees will be well suited to our weather having survived
two hard winters in a row.
Beginners, you should easily make honey in your first year. There will be an option on collection to
buy another brood box, base, crown board and roof (for swarm control) and more supers if you wish.
If you are interested in buying more than one colony of bees then please email me
Cheques please made payable to:
Patrick
