bee colonies suitable for new and experienced beekeepers, and our inclement British weather!
Buyer collects live bees from Essex or large orders can be personally delivered with travel cost charged.

Robin has been a beekeeper since 1956, taking over the family beekeeping business which started at The Meads in Wimbish, Essex, over a hundred years ago. The original English black honeybee Apis mellifera was crossed with the Italian (a good worker) and later in the 1970's the grey Caucasian, for its propolis qualities.
Robin runs his 600 beehive colonies at apiary locations in Essex, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire and breeds his bees specifically addressing conditions in the UK. Robin’s experience enables him to produce a range of qualities and behaviours in nuc’s, and

Honey Bees available.

nuc’s in 5 frame plywood travel boxes £125 or a whole colonies in brood box for £220.

British Standard deep and shallow wired and unwired foundation, and BS frames also available.

Please email your enquiry and contact ‘phone number to essex.beefarmer@englishhoney.co.uk

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