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Tested F0 Buckfast Breeder Queen 2025 — Dr. Peter Stöfen LineTested F0 Buckfast Breeder Queen (2025) Price: 550 Deposit: 100 Available: May 2026 This Tested F0 Buckfast Breeder Queen represents the pinnacle of modern Buckfast breeding pure foundation generation stock (F0) bred by Dr. Peter Stfen in Germany and open mated at the renowned Friedrichskoog Land Mating Station. Each queen has been carefully tested and proven for performance, vitality, and overwintering success within our Dorset apiaries before
Tested F0 Buckfast Breeder Queen (2025)
Price: £550 Deposit: £100 Available: May 2026
This Tested F0 Buckfast Breeder Queen represents the pinnacle of modern Buckfast breeding — pure foundation-generation stock (F0) bred by Dr. Peter Stöfen in Germany and open-mated at the renowned Friedrichskoog Land Mating Station. Each queen has been carefully tested and proven for performance, vitality, and overwintering success within our Dorset apiaries before release.
Origin & Breeding Line (2025)
Created within Dr. Stöfen’s Buckfast-Zucht program, this queen descends directly from the prestigious DB58 (Detlev Biel) line — a benchmark for hygiene, calmness, and productivity.
Breeding 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)
The drone mother for the 2025 breeding season comes for the final time from the valuable work of Detlev Biel. DB 58 (DB) cleared 100% of all cells in repeated hygiene tests, achieving an SMR value of 78% (verified by Dr Christoph Kaden). As with all of Biel’s queens, this line carries all the hallmark Buckfast traits — gentleness, productivity, and robust health.
Breeding Mothers (2025):
- B19 (BZF) = .23-B356 (DB) frkg B12 (DB)
- B41 (BZF) = .23-B356 (DB) frkg B12 (DB) es
As in previous years, the best queens from last season’s B356 (DB) drone colonies have been carefully selected for breeding. This exclusive selection bears Dr Stöfen’s signature and guarantees purity and exceptional performance.
Key Traits & Performance
- Gentle Temperament: Calm, easy to handle colonies that remain steady on the comb during inspections.
- Exceptional Productivity: High brood expansion, foraging drive, and honey yield potential.
- Low Swarming Tendency: Bred to prioritise colony stability and sustained production.
- Winter Hardiness: Proven overwintering ability in both Northern European and Dorset conditions.
- Hygienic Behaviour: 100% hygienic brood clearance, 78% SMR (Suppressed Mite Reproduction) — naturally resilient against Varroa and disease.
- Genetic Purity: Verified F0 foundation queen with documented Buckfast lineage (pedigree supplied via link).
Delivery & Certification
Each queen is marked and supplied in a secure live-bee cage with attendants. Shipped in protective packaging via Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed.
Summary
By selecting this 2025 Tested F0 Buckfast Breeder Queen, you are acquiring a cornerstone of world-class Buckfast genetics — developed by Dr. Peter Stöfen, refined from Detlev Biel’s elite line, and performance-verified under British conditions. Ideal for breeders and professionals seeking to propagate proven, high-performance Buckfast stock.
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