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Two overwintered colonies in National brood box and super, Lincolnshire.

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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". :rolleyes:

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.)

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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.

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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.
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Post or message me with any questions..
. . . . . Ben
 

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The 2020 queen colony, the 2 outer frames in the brood box are foundation, not drawn out.
The 2019 queen colony, 4 of the outer brood box frames are not drawn.

Varroa treatment: Both colonies were treated using oxalic acid dribble method on 10th December 2020 *edit*
 
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