Buckfast queen 2026 (island mated)

🐝 Island-mated Buckfast queen – Baltrum Island 2026

Our island-mated Buckfast queens from the North Sea island of Baltrum are bred according to the breeding principles of Brother Adam – with the aim of promoting powerful, gentle and vital bee colonies.

Mating is controlled at the mating station on the island of Baltrum. The geographical isolation of the island enables targeted mating with selected Buckfast drones. This produces queens with stable and desirable characteristics for modern and sustainable beekeeping.

Why an island-mated Buckfast queen?

Controlled island mating ensures particularly reliable genetics and uniform offspring. At the same time, beekeepers benefit from a targeted selection of high-performance drone lines.

Our Buckfast queens are particularly impressive due to their pleasant management and strong development during the season.

✅ Characteristics of our Buckfast queens

• Gentle & honeycomb
  Quiet work on the colony, ideal for hobby and professional beekeepers.
• High colony strength & good honey production
  Rapid spring development and productive colonies.
• Swarm yields
  Lower tendency to swarm and easier colony management.
• Vital & powerful
  Good egg laying and harmonious colony development.
• Controlled island mating
  Targeted mating on the North Sea island of Baltrum.

📦 Shipping information

The queens are carefully shipped in a cage.

📅 S hipping will take place in the week of July 27.
❌ Pick-up is not possible.

Please note that live animals are natural products and shipping dates may be slightly delayed due to weather conditions.