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If you need bees for your Flow Hive, you've come to right place. Our Langstroth Nucs for sale are calm, placid, prolific and the perfect companion to the Flow Hive.

How to keep bees in Flow Hives

We specialise in producing Overwintered Langstroth Nucleus Colonies (Langstroth Nucs for short). The Langstroth nucs are headed by an F1 Buckfast mated queen and are supplied in a Paynes poly nuc.  

Langstroth nucs for sale.

Perfect for your Flow Hive

Step-by-Step Instructions for Operating Flow Hives - Beekeeping Made Easy

Flow hives across the world use Langstroth frames. If you want to buy a flow hive in the UK, you cannot use the standard national frames. That is why we stock our UK mated nucleus colonies on Langstroth frames, specifically for users of the Flow Hive. Langstroth frames have a larger surface area than Nationals and shorter lugs. They are used by a number of bee farmers in the UK on a commercial basis. 

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Comprehensive Guide on Using Flow Hives - Innovative Beekeeping Simplified

We have run Flow Hives in the UK for the past two seasons using our Langstroth nucs for sale and they are some of the most enjoyable beehives we own. If you want to buy a flow hive and stock it with calm, placid, UK mated bees, our Langstroth nucs are the perfect fit. We recommend using a double brood system in your flow hives and taking the honey regularly to ensure the bees always have sufficient space to store nectar. 

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Tutorial on Maximizing Honey Harvest with Flow Hives

Flow Hive used to sell National Flow Hives that would work with the standard UK national frames. However, they discontinued the Flow Hive for National frames in 2016. This was a real shame as it limited the growth of the Flow Hive market within the UK. However, UK Flow Hives are now available in a Langstroth format and we can state from experience, they are an excellent hive that work really well!

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Flow Hive Setup and Use - Efficient Honey Collection Techniques

We had so many questions being asked over the past few years like; where can I buy bees for my flow hive? What frames fit in a flow hive? Where can I buy flow hives in the UK? Do flow hives work in the UK? What bees are best for the flow hive? Instead of trying to answer them with no experience, we dived in at the deep end and bought two flow hives and we have fallen in love with them ever since. Don't listen to what people say about them. Try the a UK Flow Hive with Black Mountain Honey Bees - you wont be disappointed! 

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Mastering the Art of Flow Hives - Tips for Beginners and Experienced Beekeepers
If you aren't sure if the Flow Hive is for you and are asking yourself, should I buy a Flow Hive or a regular hive, here is my recommendation. If you just want a couple of hives in the garden and are interested in a few jars of honey for you and the family, the Flow Hive is perfect for you. By cutting out the unnecessary extraction and equipment, you save so much time, effort and mess. It really is the simplest way to keep bees. You still need to manage your bees for swarming. That's why we have filmed numerous videos to help you along the way.
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Practical Tips on Using Flow Hives for Sustainable Beekeeping

The Flow Hive is a really good hive for bees but with one or two caveats. Definitely upgrade the brood area to double brood to help manage swarming in the peak of the season. Also go for the largest brood box they offer. We use a 10 frame box. The 8 frame Flow Hive brood box is way too small to a thriving colony throughout the swarming season. Buying a Flow Hive is not cheap but it will give you endless joy watching the bees fly in and out loaded with pollen and nectar. Extracting honey from the flow hive is simple, quick and mess free. 

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Flow Hives Explained - A Modern Approach to Easier Honey Harvesting

In this video, I show you some of our Langstroth nucs for sale that we are getting ready to overwinter in 2023. You will notice the bees are calm, placid, prolific and placed on the correct style of Langstroth frame. National frame nucs will not fit in a Flow Hive. Only Langstroth frames will fit. 

Take a look at our Langstroth Nucs for sale

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The bees were delivered perfectly.  The instructions to transfer the Nuc to a new hive were really easy to follow. The bees are settling in nicely and are very calm and easy to work around. Laurence replies instantly to any queries on WhatsApp at any time.

Gary Cutler

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The queens in our Langstroth Nucs for sale are bred from the healthiest and most productive colonies, ensuring strong and thriving hives. Buy Langstroth bees and experience the benefits of our Langstroth nucs in UK Flow Hives. 

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I have purchased 2 buckfast mated queens and 2 nucs of bees in the last few weeks. Both Queens were accepted and are laying really well. Nucs received with lots of bees and BIAS ,now in a full hive and expanding well. Will be buying more Queens soon. Excellent service.

Luke Wason

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