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- Location
- Lincolnshire, UK
- Hive Type
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- Number of Hives
- 5
For sale, 2 overwintered colonies including cedar National brood box and super.
2019 queen - £225
2020 queen - £250
Free delivery within 25 miles of Horncastle, Lincolnshire. If you are local come and inspect them yourself.
Selling for a friend who "only wants 2 colonies".
Each colony consists of roof, crownboard, super, 12 drawn SN4 Hoffman-spaced super frames, brood box, DN4 Hoffman-spaced brood frames (mostly drawn, see below), solid floor. Boxes and frames are all Thorne cedar 2nds. (Stands in photo not included.)
Inspected today, 29/03/2021. Each colony BIAS, brood on 3 frames across brood box and super. This is how they have over wintered on their own stores.
Both queens are local open-mated mongrels. The colonies are mother and daughter. The mother (open mated June 2019 was hived as a prime swarm in May 2020. The daughter was open mated in July 2020 (better brood pattern in first image) after an artificial swarm.
I gave my friend their first colony. These bees are calm to handle, produce a moderate honey crop (tho' nothing is guaranteed) and are frugal over-wintering. The mother colony was inspected in May 2020 by the local SBI. No foul brood has been reported to my knowledge in the area.
Photo of queen from June 2020.
Post or message me with any questions..
. . . . . Ben
2019 queen - £225
2020 queen - £250
Free delivery within 25 miles of Horncastle, Lincolnshire. If you are local come and inspect them yourself.
Selling for a friend who "only wants 2 colonies".
Each colony consists of roof, crownboard, super, 12 drawn SN4 Hoffman-spaced super frames, brood box, DN4 Hoffman-spaced brood frames (mostly drawn, see below), solid floor. Boxes and frames are all Thorne cedar 2nds. (Stands in photo not included.)
Inspected today, 29/03/2021. Each colony BIAS, brood on 3 frames across brood box and super. This is how they have over wintered on their own stores.
Both queens are local open-mated mongrels. The colonies are mother and daughter. The mother (open mated June 2019 was hived as a prime swarm in May 2020. The daughter was open mated in July 2020 (better brood pattern in first image) after an artificial swarm.
I gave my friend their first colony. These bees are calm to handle, produce a moderate honey crop (tho' nothing is guaranteed) and are frugal over-wintering. The mother colony was inspected in May 2020 by the local SBI. No foul brood has been reported to my knowledge in the area.
Photo of queen from June 2020.
Post or message me with any questions..
. . . . . Ben
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