Paynes and Simon the Beekeeper

Murox · 2024-11-26T09:28:09+0000

An email dropped into my box this morning declaring "Simon The Beekeeper has acquired Paynes Southdown Bee Farms!"

Mint Bee · 2024-11-26T10:11:41+0000

Simon The Beekeeper has officially acquired Paynes Southdown Bee Farms!

We’re excited to announce that Simon The Beekeeper has acquired Paynes Southdown Bee Farms! This allows us to offer the trusted Paynes Poly Hives, Nucs, and components through our website.
The expanded product range will be available for preorder this Friday the 29th November 2024, giving you even more access to quality beekeeping essentials. We’re proud to continue supporting the beekeeping community with great products and service.

Dodge · 2024-11-26T13:15:38+0000

Well that opens up a myriad of questions. Does it include all the tooling patterns and machinery for making Poly and Wood hives etc or were select items / tooling sold off separately.

I guess we will find out soon enough.

Richard · 2024-11-26T15:00:09+0000

Dodge said:
Well that opens up a myriad of questions. Does it include all the tooling patterns and machinery for making Poly and Wood hives etc or were select items / tooling sold off separately.

I guess we will find out soon enough.

According to the email
"This allows us to offer the trusted Paynes Poly Hives, Nucs, and components through our website."

Into the lions den · 2024-11-26T16:07:19+0000

Word is they bought the entire residuals of Paynes...all the moulds and remaining stock inc intellectual property.

Also hearing of multiple competing nuc moulds under design elsewhere to try to attack that market...which is probably already overfragmented. (Hence I am keeping out of it.) Suspect all but a couple of them will fall by the wayside before launch.........buit there will be more choice in the end...and more 'designed in' incompatibility

It not terribly fresh news...........it was announced by them probably 10 days ago...though the private grapevine had been suggesting this for a few days before.