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markjadams



Joined: 06 May 2006
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Location: South West Wales
PostPosted: Mon May 05, 14 1:05 pm    Post subject: Price of a nuc or full hive of bees Reply with quote
    

Does anyone know what the current going rate is for a nuc or full hive of bees.

I have a few that I need to sell but have no idea what the current price should be.

I am in Wales.

chez



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
PostPosted: Mon May 05, 14 2:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think Joanne sold some of hers for £120 a couple of years ago, but I'm not sure how many frames that was with.

I wish you were closer - I'd like a nuc up here, and we are less than three miles away from my Ma's, so I can't split her hive!

gardening-girl



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PostPosted: Mon May 05, 14 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I paid £100 for a small colony on 11 frames last July.

joanne



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
PostPosted: Mon May 05, 14 4:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Chez wrote:
I think Joanne sold some of hers for £120 a couple of years ago, but I'm not sure how many frames that was with.

I wish you were closer - I'd like a nuc up here, and we are less than three miles away from my Ma's, so I can't split her hive!


That was for a 5 frame nuc and I would say it's on the low side now.

markjadams



Joined: 06 May 2006
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Location: South West Wales
PostPosted: Mon May 05, 14 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

My Nucs are on 6 national frames, full hives are on national frames.

Mustang



Joined: 15 Jul 2005
Posts: 768
Location: Sunny Suffolk
PostPosted: Mon May 05, 14 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I was chatting to two professional beekeepers who have nucs. They were charging £25 and £33 per frame (for a National frame).

Tavascarow



Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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Location: South Cornwall
PostPosted: Tue May 06, 14 3:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

For a five frame nuc from a reputable source with a young tested queen the going rate here is between £150 & £200.
I've seen them cheaper, but beware that some will put an untested queen in the box with frames of brood from a variety of hives.
So it might look like a prosperous colony & prolific queen but could end up a breeder of bad tempered bees a poor layer or even a drone layer.
We bought a couple of colonies last year from a local beekeeper who was downsizing, one full to the brim with bees the other not much more than a nuc for £200.
Which IMHO was a bargain.
I split the large colony three ways so we ended the season with four colonies for £200.00.

Lorrainelovesplants



Joined: 13 Oct 2006
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Location: Dordogne
PostPosted: Tue May 06, 14 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

£250 from the bee centre at Polzeath, which is a bit steep.

markjadams



Joined: 06 May 2006
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Location: South West Wales
PostPosted: Wed May 07, 14 6:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think I will settle on £150 for bees on 6 national frames and £190 if the reusable 6 frame poly nuc box is being kept.

Does this sound reasonable?

joanne



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
PostPosted: Wed May 07, 14 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Sounds very reasonable to me

Tavascarow



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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 14 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Lorrainelovesplants wrote:
£250 from the bee centre at Polzeath, which is a bit steep.
Are you sure? Friends of mine have just bought a nuc from there with a 2013 queen for £165.00.

Tavascarow



Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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Location: South Cornwall
PostPosted: Wed May 07, 14 4:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Scrap that they bought it from Porteath not Polzeath.

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