Quote Originally Posted by Poly Hive View Post
Package bees are indeed available. Denrosa will supply them and there was a gentleman in Glostershire Mike by name who also supplied. Very interesting to watch them develop though of course they are more delicate than a nuc so that may be part of the reason they are not so popular as they are in warmer countries than ours.

PH
There are lots of suppliers. The number traded is way more than the official statistics. Some UK bee farmers also make a lot of packages. A significant proportion of the package trade goes to nuc producers. Demand has gone nuts in the last couple of weeks.