Hygienic queen breeding programme
LASI Queen Bees (University of Sussex)
Queens from the University of Sussex Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, bred from hygienic colonies tested with the freeze-killed brood assay, posted to beekeepers in the UK.
What you will find
- Tested open-mated daughters of hygienic breeder queens
- Virgin queens
Good to know
Open-mated queens are supplied only if they remove over 95% of freeze-killed brood across three tests.
You prepare a queenless nuc once dispatch is confirmed; posting takes up to two days.
Source
Listing written from these pages on 26 October 2026. Prices and terms may have changed since: check them before you order.
Queens and nucs
Queen breeder and nuc producer
BS Honey Bees
Gloucestershire business rearing queens and raising nucs, mainly Buckfast. Queens are posted across the UK; nucs are collected or delivered.
Churchdown, Gloucester, South West Englandthe whole UK
Bee farm, nucs and supplies
Gwenyn Gruffydd
Family bee farm in Carmarthenshire that started in 2010 and now runs nearly 400 hives across South Wales. It sells nucs on National or Langstroth frames, Welsh honey and beekeeping supplies, and runs courses.
Dryslwyn, Wales
Nuc and queen supplier
Hagen's Bees
Kent beekeeping supplier at Cleve Farm, Graveney, selling 5-frame nucs on National or Langstroth frames, with a Buckfast or locally bred queen, as well as queens and hive kits.
Graveney, South East England