5 Frame National Buckfast Nuc Nucleus Colony - New Season - This Year's Queen 2025
Our bee nucs for sale will be ready for collection or delivery from mid May throughout the season
National Nucleus Colonies - new season 2025 Nucs for sale
5 Frame Buckfast Bees Nuc (Imported queen EU origin) 2025 new season nuc
Pre-order for delivery during May, June and July. These nucs are made up early in the Season and we will begin distributing the nucs from the second week of May onwards - weather permitting.
Prices
5 Frame National New Season in wooden box - £280
Delivery - £30 per nuc via Royal Mail Special Delivery
How to Secure Your Order
- Pay the full £280 balance + £30 postage (if having nuc delivered)
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Choose your preferred delivery date from the dropdown menu
- You will receive a confirmation email, please be sure to add your email address
The nucs are provided on British Standard National Frames with broods of all stages and bees.
New option for 2025: Return the wooden box back to us for a £15 refund (Terms Apply*)
OUR BUCKFAST BEES:
We make these nucs ourselves at Gwenyn Gruffydd. We source the best queens from some of the best Queen breeders in the UK and EU. They're the same queens we use in our own production hives. Many other bee farmers chose these specific lines for their operation too.
The nucs we sell are exactly the same nucs we use in our honey farm.
They are well adapted for UK and Welsh climates! Low in swarming (*low..not won't swarm!), easy to handle, gentle on the frames and excellent honey producers.
The colony is headed up with a 2025 bred Buckfast Queen. They are good to handle, gentle, quiet bees, and suitable for beginners and the experienced beekeepers. All our bees will be fully inspected and health checked by us before they leave the farm.
We have achieved our accreditation to the DASH scheme; Disease Accreditation Scheme for Honeybees, this is a an accreditation set up between the NBU (National Bee Unit, APHA (Animal and Plant Advisory Unit)) and the BFA (Bee Farmers Association).
The Nuc:
Provided on British Standard National frames with brood at all stages and bees over 5 frames and supplied in a new timber box.
You will receive:
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5 frame of bees - which include brood of all stages, stores and new season (2025) queen (marked) on DN4 frames - National Frames
- Fully Health checked
- Supplied in a timber transport box.
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Aftercare over the phone if required
- Library of helpful videos on our YouTube channel
Wondering how to start beekeeping?
Why not book yourself onto our Introduction to Beekeeping Course for beginners too and let us help and guide you on your beekeeping journey. Our Beekeeping YouTube channel has a wealth of how to videos and guidance too.
Collection Details
Collection is always the preferred and better option for you nuc and is far less stressful on them, however we can organise delivery for you if you prefer. Collection from Gwenyn Gruffydd SA32 8SE.
Delivery Details
Delivery Cost to UK Mainland Address is - £30** per Nuc (Delivery before 1pm*)
Once your order has been placed you will receive a confirmation email of your order and deposit.
Our first point of contact will be via email so please be sure to enter a valid email address. Due to the busy season, we allocate every Tuesday exclusively for dispatching nucs for Wednesday deliveries only. This schedule enables us to manage the complex logistics involved in preparing and dispatching nucs.
*Certain postcodes are excluded from the 1pm guarantees. Prices quoted are for UK only - we do not post overseas or to Ireland.
Dyma’n cynnig cyntaf ar gadw gwenyn. Rhwydd iawn casglu’r gwenyn a’r frenhines wedi’i marcio’n glir. Cyngor a gwasanaeth wrth gefn ardderchog. Dim byd ond canmoliaeth!!
This is our first attempt at bee keeping. It was very easy to collect the bees and the queen was clearly marked. Excellent advice and back up service. Nothing but praise!!
The bees arrived as advertised and have settled well. All were in good condition with a well-marked queen, delivered in a sturdy poly nuc that was securely sealed. The journey took less than 24 hours and I’d buy them from Gwenyngruffydd again
Excellent service, excellent communication, couldn't be better
Recommended
From start of order through to delivery of the 6 frame poly nuc Gwenyngruffdd have been excellent. Due to the poor spring weather the nuc was delayed but I was given option of full refund if I preferred. The Nuc arrived on time and has been transferred to full hive and is doing well. I highly recommend the company
Arrived on time and good condition; beautiful big well marked queens. Progressing very well. Would definitely recommend. Gordon