Description
A nucleus hive is a miniature full-size hive.
It has all the parts that a colony of bees needs to grow into a fully functioning beehive that is able to sustain itself.
The nucleus hive will come with a mated queen who is actively laying eggs, 4-5 frames with fully developed honeycomb, around 4-6,000 adult bees, enough honey to survive transportation to the new beekeeper and lots of bee eggs and larvae that will hatch within the next few weeks.
These are headed by a Black Bee Queen.
These are bred from survivor stock over several generations and show a degree of varroa resistance.
They overwinter in a small cluster and are very frugal but build rapidly in the spring.
They are a good bee for a beginner as they will produce a surplus in most years and should overwinter on a single brood.
All queens are open mated and handle well under most conditions.
We select for prolific, non runny bees that produce a surplus.
