National Complete Hive Kit with a Nuc of Bees - Read Description

The perfect way to kickstart your beekeeping journey or expand your apiary.

You can order your National Hive kit and Bees together which will be delivered to you periodically. You will pay a £50 deposit today, with the remaining amount to be taken on 14th February 2025. Once the final payment has been made, you hive will be sent to you to prepare for your nuc of bees. Your nuc will then follow in April/May and be delivered by Royal Mail - weather depending! 

Please read the information below on the hive kit and nuc of bees!

This kit includes a flat pack of the following to make your National Hive Kit: 

• 1 Brood box
• 2 Super boxes
• 1 Deep Roof
• 1 Crown board
• 1 Brood Dummy board
• 1 Open Mesh floor with entrance block
• 11 Brood frames with Wax foundation
• 22 Super frames with Wax foundation
• 1 Wood Bound Queen Excluder
  
• Includes nails and frame runners

National 5 Frame Nuc:

Ready to start your beekeeping journey? Our 5-frame Nucs, built on British Standard frames, are the perfect foundation for your National or WBC hive. Each Nuc is teeming with life, housing approximately 12,000 hardworking bees and a healthy, marked Buckfast Queen.

Why Choose Our Nucs?

· Quality Assurance: Our Nucs are carefully nurtured and regularly inspected by bee experts.

· Healthy and Happy Bees: We prioritise the well-being of our bees, ensuring they are free from disease and have low varroa mite levels.

· Strong Colonies: With ample brood and stores, our Nucs are primed to thrive and produce honey.

· Gentle Giants: Our bees are known for their calm demeanour, making hive inspections a breeze.

What You'll Get:

· 5 frames of buzzing bees

· At least 3 frames of brood in various stages

· 1+ frames of honey stores

· The 5th frame will have laying space and some stores

· A marked, laying UK bred Buckfast queen

· A healthy, disease-free colony, regularly checked by a seasonal bee inspector.

MAINLAND UK DELIVERIES ONLY.

Let's get you started on your beekeeping adventure!