Dark bee swarm with station mated queen from „Bienenzucht Profi“

You would like to have a Buy dark bee swarm and have not found one yet? With us you get bee swarms of the dark bee at a fair price and in an excellent quality.

Our bee swarms are shipped to you including a station mated dark bee queen. The queen bee apis mellifera mellifera comes from a pure breeding area of the dark bee in Norway or Sweden. It doesn't matter if you want to expand your bee stock with the dark bee or if you want to start a completely new bee strain - our agile and resistant bee swarms of the dark bee are the ideal solution. Please note that the dark bee is not as gentle as our Buckfast or Carnica bees, but it is more resistant and active even in bad weather.

Order a Dark Bee bee swarm online – this is what you get

The Dark Bee is the original resident bee breed in Germany . This breed was the only native bee breed after the Ice Age and was still widespread in Germany until the 18th century. It was then introduced to Scandinavia during this period. Nowadays, the best pure-breeding areas are still in Norway and Sweden, where your queen bee is also mated for purity. The dark bee Apis mellifera mellifera has a strong resistance - weather fluctuations and even cold are not a big problem for the dark bee, as it naturally survives the Nordic winters in Norway and Sweden. With an order of a bee swarm of the dark bee you receive altogether:

• 1.5 kg bee swarm including food in the transport container
• 1 mated queen of the breed "dark bee" (apis mellifera mellifera) from Norway or Sweden

The station mated dark bee queen is included in the delivery and thus arrives at the same time as the bee swarm. The queen will be delivered to you in a separate addition cage outside the bee swarm, so that she feels comfortable during the overnight transport (together with the bee swarm but not included in the bee swarm). Upon arrival, the swarm must be placed in your hive by you accordingly, so that the bees can then develop well. By mating the bee swarm you ensure that you will continue to benefit from the fantastic properties of the dark bee in the future.

Buy the Dark Bee in a bee swarm

The Dark Bee is very popular among beekeepers due to its character traits. Each unit includes approximately 1.5 kg of bees in a bee swarm, as well as a station mated Dark Bee queen. The numerous advantages of the breed are:

• High resistance to the Varroa mite
• Very cold-resistant and healthy bees
• High yield even in changeable and rainy weather

When you purchase Dark Bee swarms from „Bienenzucht Profi“, you are relying on world-class quality and years of experience. We know exactly what is important in the breeding and keeping of the Dark Bee - therefore we are also happy to advise you on any questions you may have about our animals.

The station mated dark bee in express shipping

Of course, it is in our interest that our station matedbee swarm of the dark bee arrives safely with you. For shipping, we therefore rely exclusively on shipping boxes designed specifically for this purpose, which ensure an optimal supply of fresh air and provide sufficient storage space for food. In addition, the queen of the dark bee is transported in a small cage, which contains food as well as some worker bees. This creates as little stress as possible for the entire colony during shipping. We ship the dark bee swarm exclusively by overnight express. The delivery will be announced to you about 2-7 days in advance, so that you can be on site at the time of delivery. We explicitly ask you to be present in person to receive the dark bee swarm. For the welfare of the animals it is very important that they can be taken out of the cardboard box as soon as possible and put into the hive. Please be sure to remove the pheromone strip from the bee swarm before merging it with the dark queen. A detailed instruction how to addition of a swarm can be done, you can find here .

Shipping is only to Germany, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark and Luxembourg. For an island delivery, there must be a direct connection to the mainland, so that the shipment can be delivered overnight. Deliveries via ferries are not possible!

The bee mass in the bee swarm does not have to be apis mellifera mellifera, but may well be descended from other breeds (such as Carnica or Buckfast). As a rule, the queen's acceptance is even improved by this. The queen is nevertheless definitely a mated dark bee, so that the brood and accordingly the colony subsequently also result in a colony of the dark bee.