5 Frame Nuc of Bees

NUCS are now on pre order for Spring 2024, the first pick up date is September the 27th, courier nucs will be sent out on the 30th. All dates for other months are available below. If you wish to have a nuc for another month please specify on checkout, there is a little message box where you can write a message, we will send you an email confirmation with details of your order with all the information you need to know. We have limited stock available so if you want your nucs for a certain month get your order in while stocks last. 

Nuc pick up and or delivery dates are below for 2024/25

• September 27th Pick up, Sept 30th Courier (receive 1st Oct), Sold Out! 
• October 26th Pick up, Oct 29th Courier (receive 30th Oct), Sold Out!
  
• November 23rd Pick up, Nov 25th (receive 26th Nov) Courier - Sold Out!
  
• December 14th Pick up, Dec 16th (receive 17th Dec) Courier- Now Selling!
  
• January 25th pick up, Jan 27th (receive 28th Jan) Courier

Ceracell Nucleus Colony

This comes with 5 frames of bees, 2 frames of brood, 3 frames of honey and pollen stores and a laying queen. 

What is a nucleus of bees and why is it called a nucleus? Basically it is a small number of bees that are just large enough in population to help the single queen bee grow and develop the small colony into a larger colony. Beekeepers call it nucleus because of the similarities of a single cell hence the word Nuc short for Nucleus.

NUCLEUS hives or 'NUCs' are supplied as frames only, to be placed within an existing (empty) hive setup. If you are new to beekeeping this can be a nice way to ease yourself into it, as your confidence will grow as the colony size does. For others, Nucs provide an affordable way to increase hive numbers.

A lot of people like buying a Nuc as it is an affordable way of getting into beekeeping compared to a full 10 frame colony. A Nuc just takes longer to grow to a full colony relative to a 10 frame colony. A 5 frame Nuc generally has about 5,000 bees compared to a  10 frame colony which has anywhere between 20,000 bees to 30,000. 

Nucs are not available year-round, we will need you to order and they will be ready end of September. A lot of Hobbyists tend to want bees right away, the season of August, September, and early to mid-October bees are busy building their colonies up out of Winter. So in order for us to make Nuc's we need our original colonies to grow in order for us to split the colonies, so it is simply a scheduling thing for us beekeepers.

We can also meet you at our collection locations to give you your nucs, if you are close to the below meet locations in the North Island, for our South Island customers we will need to send you the nuc in the post.

Locations for Collections: North - South

• Ceracell Beekeeping Supplies: 23 Ra Ora Drive, East Tamaki, 2013
• 124b Plantation Road, Rangiriri, Waikato, 3782

North/South Island shipping to your address is $55.00+GST (per Nuc). Unless you can pick up from the locations above, please select the option you want to go with at Shipping.

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