Package Bees with Island-Mated Buckfast Queen

Package bees with island-mated Buckfast queen

Order your Buckfast package bees with island-mated queens from Bienenzucht-Profi now! Each year, the colonies are delivered between the end of June and the end of July. Depending on the temperatures and weather conditions at that time, we can announce the exact delivery dates approx. 2–7 days before dispatch.

We ship the island-mated Buckfast package bees in specially made transport boxes that hold the entire swarm with approx. 1.5 kg of bees. Enclosed with the shipment is an introduction cage, in which the island-mated Buckfast queen travels together with plenty of food and attendant bees. This way, the bees always have enough oxygen during transit and are optimally supplied thanks to the food included in both the package and the introduction cage. Our island-mated Buckfast package bees are a particular advantage if you want to keep bees independently of a specific hive size, as the swarm can be hived into any hive – whether Dadant US or Dadant Blatt, Zander, Deutsch Normalmaß (DN, German standard frame), Langstroth or other hive systems.

Island-mated Buckfast package bees – a purebred, high-yielding bee colony, excellent for breeding

Our island-mated Buckfast queen is gentle, has a low swarming tendency and produces a great deal of brood as well as a high honey yield. Each queen is marked in two colours, regardless of the year colour.
You will also receive the pedigrees of your purebred queen, so you can find out exactly about the quality characteristics of the queen you have received.

The queen is the daughter of an instrumentally inseminated purebred queen selected according to breeding criteria. The genetic material used for the instrumental insemination of the mother queen was also carefully selected. The queen is mated on a North Sea island, isolated from other possible races, so that only specifically selected drones are used for mating. These drones were likewise selected according to breeding criteria. The highest quality standards are set and observed for this queen, so you can confidently keep purebred Buckfast colonies and, for example, rear your own queens from them.

Island-mated Buckfast package bees – colony and queen in one

From us you receive approx. 1.5 kg of bees per colony, including an island-mated queen, directly from the beekeeper. The bees are notable for their particular gentleness. Before dispatch, every Buckfast package undergoes a thorough health inspection. The corresponding health certificate is also available and will be sent to you after you have received the bees. Of course, our island-mated Buckfast bees have also already been treated against the varroa mite beforehand, so you are buying high-quality, healthy and lively bees.

With our island-mated Buckfast queen you receive pedigrees and, thanks to island mating, can form an accurate picture of your queen's individual characteristics. This is a great advantage for breeding and queen rearing. Whether you are a beginner who wants peace of mind when buying your queen or a professional beekeeper looking to bring new blood into your own breeding programme makes no difference – either way, you receive a queen of the highest quality standard. The pedigrees and the final breeding certificate are usually provided at the end of the season in September, once all the necessary data has been collected and evaluated. Please make a note of the code on the introduction cage in which the queen arrives, so that we can prepare the relevant documents for you.

Island-mated Buckfast queen – a guaranteed success

Many years of work went into shaping the Buckfast bee, and the credit goes above all to Brother Adam (Karl Kehrle). Brother Adam is probably one of the best-known bee breeders in Germany and indeed worldwide. He was a Benedictine monk who worked with great success on a “perfect” bee race. With this goal in mind, he crossed different races of bees over several generations until he obtained the Buckfast bee as a hybrid race. To this day, the Buckfast bee is one of the most popular bee races among professional and hobby beekeepers worldwide. This success is due above all to the strengths of character attributed to it: the purebred Buckfast bee not only has a particular gentleness and low swarming tendency, but is also very robust in all kinds of weather conditions. In addition, its vitality and productivity are valued by beekeepers worldwide.

Its strong brood production is noticeable very early in the beekeeping season, so the purebred queen builds up a strong, healthy colony that covers many (brood) combs. Our aim, especially with the island-mated purebred Buckfast queen, is to carry on the highly praised characteristics of the Buckfast in the spirit of Brother Adam and to offer you a very high-quality queen that is particularly well suited to rearing further queens.
Our responsible beekeeper knew Brother Adam personally and was in contact with him for several years, so he and all of us are delighted to continue this tradition of the Buckfast bee.

The advantages of the island-mated Buckfast queen at a glance:

• Very gentle
• Low swarming tendency
• Productive and high-yielding for good, plentiful honey production
• High vitality and disease resistance, good health
• Strong brood production and consistently good comb coverage

Benefits of Buckfast package bees with an island-mated queen

For a number of years now, we at Bienenzucht-Profi have been making a name for ourselves. Our shipping has been continuously optimised over the years, so you benefit from the fact that we have no losses and the bees arrive with you fit and healthy. We see ourselves as specialists in selling bees online, but also when it comes to the healthy, high-quality bees you receive from us.

We ship the package bees by gentle overnight express courier, and the bees are handled with care throughout. Delivery is possible to many countries, such as Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. However, deliveries to islands are only possible if there is a direct road connection to the mainland.

For further information on hiving package bees with island-mated Buckfast queens, take a look at our guide.

As the availability of the bees depends on the weather and may be prevented by conditions such as excessive heat, cold, snow or rain, shipping may be postponed by 1–2 weeks. For this reason, it is also necessary that you inform us of any periods of absence in advance. Please also note that you must provide your correct e-mail address and telephone number when ordering so that we can contact you.