# UK Langstroth Nucleus colonies for sale **URL:** \ **Category:** Sell / Swap / Trade / Buy\ **Tags:** uk-beekeeping, london\ **Created:** [May 6, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/uk-langstroth-nucleus-colonies-for-sale/32879 "2022-05-06T09:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/uk-langstroth-nucleus-colonies-for-sale/32879/22 "2022-05-15T21:18:44Z")
I’d say marketing. Are colonies easy to sell in the UK? I guess anything’s easy to sell at a price. I have a lot of unsold nucs with winter approaching, which I intend to use to replace some under performing hives. I made a heap of slatted racks, which I’ve nearly finished painting. I’ll swap the colonies over while I’m installing them. That’s an advantage of a flat roof, with nucs sitting on top of them. Simply take a hive away & drop the nuc down to replace it. ---
**Author:** ![Paras](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/paras/32/23233_2.png) [@Paras](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Paras)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/uk-langstroth-nucleus-colonies-for-sale/32879/23 "2022-05-16T12:19:04Z")
Some commercial company willing to buy from local beekeepers at the low price and they sell making the profit. I directly market my colonies, and people who come and train with me all enjoy the calm nature of my bees. I teach beekeeping to beginners and some in the end want to purchasing my nucleus colonies which makes it easy to have a one stop shop. There is usually a high demand of Wintered colonies in spring, you also get the best price for this. What is it like where you based ---
**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/uk-langstroth-nucleus-colonies-for-sale/32879/24 "2022-05-16T20:25:04Z")
Hi Paras, I market mine as well & people are also impressed with how quiet my bees are. I get a lot of referrals from our local bee club, plus other referrals & repeats. I did a little bit of teaching but find that people don’t absorb the info, so I stopped doing that. I try to encourage folks with Flow hives to join this forum, however so far no luck. ---
**Author:** ![Paras](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/paras/32/23233_2.png) [@Paras](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Paras)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/uk-langstroth-nucleus-colonies-for-sale/32879/25 "2022-05-17T10:58:10Z")
I only took up teaching people since some clubs were not supportive of the FH, I have been very successful with FH in my area and I too get a lot of referrals since I am the only one rearing Langstroth Nucs in my bee club. ---
**Author:** ![George\_Perth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/george_perth/32/21207_2.png) [@George\_Perth](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/George_Perth)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/uk-langstroth-nucleus-colonies-for-sale/32879/26 "2022-06-02T12:15:48Z")
This may be a bit off topic but can anyone tell, what is the maximum water temperature I can use to clean the flow frames before I store them over winter. ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/uk-langstroth-nucleus-colonies-for-sale/32879/27 "2022-06-02T16:35:12Z")
70°C according to Flow. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Paras](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/paras/32/23233_2.png) [@Paras](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Paras)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/uk-langstroth-nucleus-colonies-for-sale/32879/28 "2022-06-02T21:01:58Z")
I don’t clean the frames after the season the bees clean them dry before I store them. [Previous page](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/uk-langstroth-nucleus-colonies-for-sale/32879.md?page=1)