Virgin Queen Bees For Sale | Buckfast and Dark Bees

Description

Virgin Queen Bee | Virgin Queen Bees for Sale

Virgin queen bees are offered for sale when from the time of hatching so they reach you no more than 48 hours old.

This is a perfect age to introduce into your own mating nucs or colonies. Virgin queens are readily accepted into queenless colonies, but of course there is a risk involved in getting them successfully mated. However they can be an economical option for increase if you are looking to increase your own stock and introduce new genetics.

Availability

Virgin queens will be available from end of May through to September. Earlier weeks become booked very quickly so we advise if you are looking for a Virgin Queen for Sale plan ahead and pre-order in good time.

Queen are caged from emergence in the incubator and come with a few attendent workers.

Postage and Collection

Postage – Queens are only sent by Royal Mail Special Delivery as this is a guaranteed and insured service. It is too risky to send queens in the normal post by first class.
Collection -if wanting to collect, please select this option, but liase with us via e-mail or phone for a suitable collection time. We can usually supply queens for collection at quite short notice. But nonetheless arrangements need to be made to ensure your queens are available for collection at a given time as we are a working bee farm we need to ensure plans can be made for collection that fit into our beekeeping schedules.

Marking Virgin Queens

Marking – Virgin queens will be supplied unmarked.

How to Introduce a New Queen Bee

QUEEN INTRODUCTION Guidelines see our Queen Introduction Guidelines Page

Terms and Conditions

Queens found dead on arrival – a photo should be taken and sent via e-mail to sales@northumberlandhoney.co.uk on the day of arrival. The queen must then be returned to us in the original cage and packaging with the contents intact for examination. Please note virgin queens have a higher rate of attrition compared with mated queens and need to be introduced into your colony as soon as possible when you have received them.
In the case of a queen being found to be dead on arrival and if we offer to replace the queen, the return postage cost must be borne by the customer, but the replacement queen will be provided free of charge . Queens will only be replaced once.

For full terms and conditions for bee purchases please see here

Additional information

Weight	0.01 kg
Dimensions	10 × 10 × 10 cm
Delivery or Collection Week	W/C 12th May 2025, W/C 19th May 2025, W/C 26th May 2025, W/C 2nd June 2025, W/C 9th June 2025, W/C 16th June 2025, W/C 23rd June 2025, W/C 30th June 2025, W/C 7th July 2025, W/C 14th July 2025
Type	Buckfast NHC 100, Dark Bee H1
Delivery Day	Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

5 reviews for Virgin Queen Bee | Virgin Queen Bees For Sale

Rated 5 out of 5

haggart.gordon430 (verified owner) – June 19, 2024

i got 2 virgin queens a week a go looking good .
Rated 5 out of 5

haggart.gordon430 (verified owner) – July 3, 2024

HI BACK ON GOT 3 MORE VIRGIN QUEENS FOR A ATTITUDE HIVE , NOT MINE , SPLIT IN TO 3 NUKS TWO DAYS BEFOUR INTRODUSED NEW QUEENS IN TRANSPORT CAGE FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS THEN LET OUT ACCEPTED OK.
Rated 5 out of 5

Harry Thomas (verified owner) – December 13, 2024

Really happy with the virgin queen that I ordered over the summer. She was accepted in a split that I made and was laying within a couple of weeks.
Rated 5 out of 5

liamas11 – May 25, 2025

I can only review the service and what I initially seen of the queens as they are currently in mating nucs and won’t be inspected until the 3 week mark is up.

I was happy I received an email to state virgin queens would be in stock and I promptly ordered 3. These were delivered as stated and look as expected (triangle back and small until fully mated) Hand released into hopelessly queen-less nucs after 12 hours in cage, all seem initially accepted at the time so fingers crossed they all mate and come back. I will be keeping notes and monitor how well they do in my area and will be interested to see what traits they possess and if a viable option for me in the future, obviously much of this will depend on my local bees and drones, past swarms have not been good temperament but let’s see!
Rated 5 out of 5

Linda Graham (verified owner) – June 8, 2025

I was delighted to be able to buy one of your dark virgins about 3 weeks ago. On arrival, the bees were unusually sluggish and 3 attendants had died on the journey. The queen sat on my finger and I was a bit worried about putting her into the nuc in case she was ill. I rang for advice and was told they had probably been put near an air conditioner in the post office van, and I should put her in the nuc where the bees could warm and feed her, so I did, and I was advised not to disturb for 2 weeks. In spite of the awful weather, she’s now in good health, mated and much larger, and has produced 3 frames of eggs and larvae. I’m very pleased indeed, and thinking about getting another one, when they become available !