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Within Germany, we ship exclusively with DHL Express. Delivery usually takes place the next day by the end of the day. (Please note: DHL Express is NOT delivered by Deutsche Post but by a special delivery service)

International (Inside EU only):
We ship as DHL Paket Premium or Warenpost Premium. Both of course with tracking code.
We always dispatch our consignments on Mondays. The vast majority arrive within a few days. In exceptional cases, they may not arrive until the beginning of the following week.

Selected delivery times dhl paket premium:
Belgium: 2 working days
France: 2-3 working days
Italy 2-4 working days
Poland 2-3 working days
Romania: 3-4 working days
Hungary: 3-4 working days

Hello,

Like last year, we will be exporting Buckfast queens to the UK again this year.
They will then be sent on by express post within the UK.
The prices are the same as ours.

Business queens: EUR 45,-
Breeding queens: EUR 79,-
Selected breeding queens: EUR 139,-

plus shipping

We bring the first queens to the UK on 4 July.
And we will try to bring a second batch on 27.8.

If you are interested, please send me an email with your address and the number of queens you would like to have.
And the desired date, please.
Our English partner will then contact you shortly.

We still have plenty of queens.

With best regards, Jens Steinfeld

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Jens Steinfeld
Marketing und Vertrieb
Sales and Marketing

Imkerei Dr. Peter Stöfen
Donnstr. 8
D-25704 Elpersbüttel

E-Mail:
info@buckfast-zucht.de

Telefon (In der Saison!), Mo.-Sa., 17.00-19.00 Uhr:
+49-(0)178 111 70 04

SMS (Bitte KEINWhatsApp, Danke)
+49-(0)178 111 70 04

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Dear fellow beekeepers,

when it comes to designing the costs for shipping, we are unfortunately dependent on the prices of the shipping companies. We will do our best to offer you the best deal. However, it is crucial for us that the queens arrive quickly and, above all, safely. Not all companies are equally well positioned in all countries. Unfortunately, we have to reserve the right to pass on price increases to you during the season by the shipping companies.

Prices per delivery:

(One delivery, up to 7 queens)

Inside Germany: DHL Express, EUR 22.00

Abroad: 
Delivery only within the EU. EUR 25,-
Shipping exclusively as “DHL Paket Premium”. Including Tracking.
3 – 5 working days.

Please note: The express shipping of queen bees by air freight with providers such as dhl Express, Fed Ex, ups etc. is (unfortunately) excluded by the applicable transport conditions. Because we send the queens destined for abroad on Monday, they usually arrive in the same week.

We therefore ask for your patience.

Lines 2025

Mother drone:, Friedrichskoog:

 B58(BZF):

      .22-B13l(DB) ley B601 (TR):

      .21. B67(BKS) hamh B365:

      .20- B148(BKS) ins B17(SG):

      19.-B11(PJ) ins B333(PJ)

Our drone mother for the 2025 breeding season comes for the last time from the valuable work of Detlev Biel. DB 58 (DB) cleared 100% of all cells in the hygiene test carried out several times. Its SMR value was tested by Dr Christoph Kaden and was a very good 78%. At the same time, as with all of Detlev Biel’s queens, it has all the typical Buckfast characteristics.

Breeding mothers

As in previous years, we have selected the best queens from last year’s (2024) B356(DB) drone colonies and breed from them. This selection bears my signature.  Breeding mothers are:

B19  (BZF) =    .23- B356(DB) frkg B12(DB)
B41  (BZF) =    .23- B356(DB) frkg B12(DB)

As usual, you can obtain stand-mated commercial queens, mated queens and selected queens from the middle/end of June from these breeding mothers. The latter have been laying eggs for at least 3 weeks – these queens have seen their daughters.