Today morning I am transferring my nucleus colony in to the new beehive . Look at this UK mated VSH Buckfast queen bee from Black Mountain Honey I’ve introduced last Sunday. Look carefully and you’ll see a lot of young larvae and eggs . She’s stunning queen bee and I am looking forward to see her full potential in the future | Stanley’s bees

If you’re thinking about keeping bees this spring, one of the biggest questions you’ll face is how to start. Packages and nucleus hives (nucs) are both great options — but they’re very different experiences. A package gives you a fresh start. You get a queen and a box of bees, and you get to watch everything unfold from the very beginning: comb being built, brood emerging, the colony finding its rhythm. It’s an incredible way to learn, especially if you want to understand how a hive truly develo

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