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Wondering How To Start Beekeeping? I'll Help You Get The Very Best Out Of Your Bees...
Want to start beekeeping? At Black Mountain Honey, we provide the calmest nucs in the UK, backed up with exceptional, unlimited and personal customer service.
We are here for you EVERY step of the way!
Starting out in beekeeping can be tough! There are SO many things that can go wrong and small mistakes can cost you lots of time, money and effort. At Black Mountain Honey, we keep things simple. Calm, friendly bees. Seamless transactions. Forever support. We are here for you every step of the way!
Laurence Edwards - Owner - Black Mountain Honey
Does This Sound Like You?
You are new to beekeeping and want calm, friendly bees for your backgarden
You are a novice beekeeper and want increase your colonies without sacrificing yield
You've already got bees but they are angry and chase you around the garden
You want to start beekeeping but worried about keeping bees in your garden
You want to buy bees but worried about ongoing support to help manage them
Starting beekeeping on your own can be daunting but at Black Mountain Honey our calm bees, coupled with our unlimited, customer support, set's you on your way to self-sufficiency!
What Do You Want?
Calm, gentle and placid bees that are perfect for your back garden
Unlimited support via email or WhatsApp, whenever you need it
Up to 300lbs of honey PER COLONY each year
Healthy bees with less viral brood disorders than local mongrels
Superior genetic bees that are much less likely to swarm compared to local mongrels
How To Start Beekeeping
There is no doubt about it. Beekeeping isn't an easy hobby. It's challenging, but in a good way! There is LOTS that can go wrong which will cost you time, money and effort. But it doesn't have to start like this. With my support, we can help you get the best out of your bees!
Over the past five years, we have sold over 2000 nucleus colonies to beginner beekeepers across the UK, so we know a thing or two about the type of support beekeepers need to get the very best out of their bees. Our beekeeping philosophy is simple. We provide the calmest bees possible. We provide clear and concise guidance. We provide unlimited support - whenever you need it.
Try it out for yourself. Click the Black Mountain Honey logo and the bottom right hand corner of the page and send us a WhatsApp message. We will get back to you straight away!
I received excellent service, and the bees arrived in perfect condition - lively and in tip-top shape. Now, after five weeks, I've witnessed the outstanding nature of these extremely calm, prolific bees. Despite a rainy and cool summer, they are still out foraging and bringing in nectar and pollen. Thank you Laurence 🌞🐝
Lee Brotherton
Excellent service. As a new Beekeeper this year, I bought four nucleus colonies from three different suppliers. The nuc from Black Mountain Honey was by far the best of the four in terms of overall quality in my opinion. They are calm well behaved prolific laying bees that are a delight to inspect, which is also easy to do as all the frames are pretty new and in good condition making them easy to manipulate and assess. I would highly recommend them to new beekeepers. I have had two queens from Laurence at BMH too which have reinforced the quality of the service. Keep up the good work Laurence
Peter Nadin
I can't recommend Black Mountain Honey highly enough. You not only get a super healthy nuc with brand new frames (which is unusual), but access to Laurence's wealth of experience. He's super patient and responds promptly. I've decided to go it alone on my Flow hives journey. Laurence has experience of all types of hive and provide helpful and practical guidance when I hit a road block. Having tried other places I will only ever buy my nucs and queens from BMH. There's a reason they sell out of overwintered nucs so quickly!
Vanessa
They should have a 6th star! Thanks so much for being with us the whole journey, last year we purchased our first NUC from "Patrick" no one should ever do that. BMH are amazing and have been very helpful highly recommend. Thanks for your help, your guidance and on going support. Lets hope we get some honey this year! Cant recommend you highly enough..
Kish Khan
I was unable to accept delivery of my nuc on the scheduled date and had to change delivery at fairly short notice . Laurence could not have been more helpful in setting up a new delivery date for me. The customer service at Black Mountain is second to none as is the after sales support. The instructions for setting up the Nuc were detailed and easy to follow , and the bees were wonderfully calm to handle . The NUC arrived exactly on time as notified and the whole process totally stress free. Communication with the company excellent. Will definitely be recommending Black Mountain Honey to my bee keeping association and getting my next queens here. I am very much a novice bee keeper and this company instils confidence from the word go . Many thanks for first class service!
Chrissie Barnes
Amazing I couldn't ask for a better service. Delivery of the langstroth nucleus was on time with plenty of notification on time date of delivery.
The bee's are so calm not one bit of aggression or stings these bee's from Black Mountain Honey are amazing. And customer service is better than expected from such a busy man thankyou very much Laurence.
Zak Harrow
I recently bought two nucs from Black Mountain Honey. Laurence was a pleasure to deal with and replied to all questions promptly. The bees arrived as promised and are of a lovely temperament. I will be using them for all future purchases.
James Williams
I’ve had a faultless customer experience from the start, from ordering to delivery the Nuc arrived in beautiful condition with 3 full frames of sealed brood and with such calm docile Buckfast bees making the transfer from Nuc to my Flow Hive a most pleasurable experience. Since then inspections haven’t required smoking and making hands on a dream. Many thanks Lawrence and Black Mountain Honey! 5***** from nicks_bees 🐝
Nick Gabriel
With less than a year as a new beekeeper I would not be where I am today without the 2 Nucs supplied by Black Mountain Honey and the invaluable advice received from Laurence throughout my beekeeping journey. I'm up to 5 hives now and the bees are doing great!
Gary Cutler
Very professional, I would recommend BMH will definitely been using them again, wealth of knowledge with support through all stages, couldn't be happier
Dan Reid
We started beekeeping this year , to hedge our bets, we placed orders at several places including eBay, local bees, Facebook, , I can assure you, the bees that come from black mountain, are the biggest nucs, most filled out frames, and in beautiful hard wearing poly boxes. It’s a huge amount of bees, We went on to buy a second nuc from here, same brilliant bees, just in great shape, by far the biggest and strongest colonies we have. This, along with the videos online, and the livestreams, we have learned so much.
Peaches Jackofski
BMH does is fantastic. Lots of advice to back up the excellent quality nucs they provide. Well worth subscribing to the youtube channel also as this is full of useful information.
After 24 hours from receiving the nuc in the post I transferred to their final home and within less than an hour bees are returning with lots of pollen. It has to be said that my bees are the best looking and best behaved in the world but I guess every bee parent thinks the same. It's only true though when they are BMH bees ;-)
Darren Rockach
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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They should have a 6th star! Thanks so much for being with us the whole journey, last year we purchased our first NUC from "Patrick" no one should EVER do that. BMH are amazing and have been very helpful highly recommend. Thanks for your help, your guidance and on going support. Cant recommend you highly enough...
Kish Khan
At BMH, we prioritise the calmness traits above all else. We want everyone to start beekeeping with calm, placid and prolific honey bees, that are a pleasure to work with. Ideally suited for novice back garden beekeepers and bee farmers alike.
CALM BEES
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A wonderful by-product of keeping our starting beekeeping with our bees is that the colonies are so prolific, they create bountiful honey crops. Some of our customers achieved over 300lbs of honey from a single hive in the 2024 season!
START BEEKEEPING
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We don't believe in starting your beekeeping journey and then abandoning you. We are here for you every step of the way. There are NO silly questions and you can ask as many as you like. You get unlimited support included!
UNLIMITED SUPPORT
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Watch Alex collect one of our calm, Buckfast nucleus colonies in 2024...
As you can see in this video, our bees are calm, placid and prolific. The perfect colony for a back garden beehive. We regularly keep in touch with Alex to see how his bees are getting on and LOVE watching his brilliant YouTube videos!
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I cannot recommend BMH highly enough. I have used them multiple times and on every single occasion, the service has been exceptional. Laurence genuinely cares about the service he provides and it really does show. I have bought Bees, Queens and Honey and all are faultless.
John Hayes
START BEEKEEPING - REVIEWS AND CASE STUDIES
Tom Wards Case Study
Joshua Queens Case Study
Harrys Queens Case Study
Colin - Nucs Case Study
Aaron Cornish Nucs
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First-class service from ordering to post-delivery. The communication from Laurence throughout the process was superb and he replies instantly to emails and WhatsApp messages. You get the feeling that nothing is too much for him and there is no question too trivial for him to answer, even weeks after my bees had arrived.
Alistair Watson
Start Beekeeping at Black Mountain Honey
Black Mountain Honey - Your One-Stop Shop To Start Beekeeping
Welcome to Black Mountain Honey, where our no-nonsense approach to bee nucs for sale extends beyond merely providing bees. We specialise in offering calm, gentle and prolific nucs of bees backed up by exceptional customer service to help you start beekeeping.
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Excellent service. As a new beekeeper this year, I bought four nucleus colonies from three different suppliers. The nuc from Black Mountain Honey was by far the best of the four in terms of overall quality in my opinion. They are calm well behaved prolific laying bees that are a delight to inspect. I would highly recommend them to new beekeepers!
Peter Nadin
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