Ligustica Nucleus Colony Langstroth

Buy a Ligustica nucleus colony (Langstroth) – order quickly and easily!

When you buy a Ligustica nucleus colony on Langstroth frames, you get bees that are keen foragers, have a low swarming tendency and are also very gentle. A nuc is supplied on 5 frames in total: three brood frames, one food frame and one frame that is still being drawn out. The Ligustica Langstroth nucs from Bienenzucht-Profi contain enough bees to bring a healthy colony through the season and the following winter. Each Ligustica nuc already has a mated queen integrated into the colony, who is already on the combs and laying eggs.
The queens we ship are an F1 series of island-mated Ligustica queens.

Before we ship the Langstroth Ligustica nucleus colonies, their health is checked. A health certificate is issued for every delivery and can be emailed to you on request once the bees have been dispatched. Thanks to the high quality standards we maintain at “Bienenzucht-Profi”, our bees are very popular with experienced beekeepers and beginners alike.

Order your Ligustica nucleus colony (Langstroth) from “Bienenzucht-Profi” and get off to a flying start in good time for the season

Our Ligustica bees produce excellent brood right from the start of the season, which – together with their strong foraging drive, excellent health and high activity – makes them one of the most popular bee breeds.

Our Ligustica Langstroth nucs are shipped from late April until 15 May each year. Depending on the weather, this may be delayed by a few days. However, we will email you the exact shipping date about a week before dispatch, so you can make all the necessary preparations to help the bees settle comfortably into their new hive. We also offer later deliveries, for example in the second half of May to mid-June, and finally a last delivery up to mid-July.

With every Ligustica Langstroth nuc you receive a specially designed transport box containing:

• 3 x frames with brood
• 1 x food frame
• 1 x frame being drawn out
• 1 x mated queen with a few worker bees (in a separate introduction cage)

While preparing the Ligustica Langstroth nucs for shipping, we check on site that the bees meet the expected quality standards. We provide a health certificate with every delivery of nucleus colonies. If you wish, we will email it to you after you have received the bees. All our bee colonies are treated against the varroa mite beforehand. Different methods are used depending on the breed and the time of year, so we cannot say in advance exactly which method will be used. Thank you for your understanding.

Ligustica nucleus colony on Langstroth – a popular choice

Because of its origin, the Ligustica bee is also known as the “Italian bee”. It is not necessarily the most widespread bee breed, but it is extremely popular thanks to its gentle temperament and strong brood rearing.

When it comes to honey yield, the Ligustica bee is in no way inferior to Buckfast and Carnica bees, which makes it a very interesting alternative.
Our Ligustica line can be described by the following traits:

• Vitality and disease resistance
• Productivity
• High yields
• Strong brood rearing
• Gentleness
• Low swarming tendency
• Resilience to heat and cold

Ligustica nucleus colonies on Langstroth frames

There is a huge range of different hives and frames for bees worldwide. This certainly does not make it easy for beekeepers and hobby beekeepers to find matching nucleus colonies.
With us, however, you will find a large number of combinations of different bee breeds and different frame sizes for your hive.
Our Ligustica Langstroth nuc is supplied with the following dimensions:

• Bottom bar length: 44.8 cm
• Top bar length: 48.2 cm
• Height: 23.2 cm

These frames of our Ligustica nucleus colonies fit perfectly into all Langstroth hives. This means that after delivery you can transfer the Ligustica nucs straight into your hive in just a few steps. This makes for a very gentle move, so the bees can settle into their new home without any problems and transport stress is kept to a minimum.

For shipping the Ligustica Langstroth nucs we only use transport boxes we have specially designed ourselves. They provide very good ventilation for the bees. The nucs are also given enough food in the boxes so that the bees come through the overnight transport well. About 2–7 days before dispatch we will let you know in writing exactly when the delivery will take place and when the bees will arrive. Please make sure you are at the delivery address you gave us at the announced time, so that the bees can be taken care of immediately without any delay.

Our Ligustica nucleus colonies on Langstroth – why choose “Bienenzucht-Profi”?

Our aim is for first-time customers to become regular customers who are completely satisfied with the quality and service they receive.
That is why we offer top-quality Ligustica nucs on Langstroth frames from very good genetic lines. These breeding lines are characterised by bees with very good traits – an excellent basis for a healthy, fast start to the season. Our nucleus colonies are very popular with many beekeepers, not least because of their large bee population and well-developed brood nests, which benefit a healthy and active colony.

Through our web shop we can ship nucleus colonies, package bees and queens within Germany and to Austria, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Delivery to islands is only possible if there is a direct link to the mainland, as transport is by lorry. The bees are shipped exclusively by overnight courier.