We supply bees and beekeeping equipment.  Most of our customers are in the North-East of England and visit us in person.  We are reducing the scale of our mail order business, but if you would like to order 50 or more frames please get in touch.

EQUIPMENT

We focus the equipment side of our business on providing foundation, frames (BS National and Smith), and accessories such as hive tools and varroa treatments. To download our current (2012) catalogue, please click here.  If you would like us to send you a hard copy by post, please email us your name and address.  For hives, we recommend Shaun Scrimgeour - click here to visit his website.

BEES

We aim to supply 5-frame nucs of calm local (Northumberland) bees. All our nucs are raised in our own apiaries; we do not buy bees in.  Happily, many people have become interested in bees and beekeeping recently; this has resulted in demand for our bees sometimes exceeding supply. 2012 has been extremely challenging for bees and beekeepers, but we have been able to meet our customers' needs.  If you would like bees in 2013, please let us know, as we normally have a waiting list; we will contact you in April or May when we will have an idea of how many will be available.  We strongly encourage prospective buyers who are new to beekeeping to attend a course in the early spring before they acquire their bees.  There is much to learn, and keeping bees is more demanding than it was in previous generations.

Prices are likely to be between £150.00 and £200.00, depending on availability, size of colony etc. 

If you would like to go on the waiting list, please email with details of your phone number and the type of hive you plan to use.

USEFUL LINKS 

Beekeeping Courses North

Pure Honeycomb

Cleveland Beekeepers Association

Hexham Beekeepers Association

Durham Beekeepers Association

Newcastle and District Beekeepers Association

North of England Beekeepers' Convention