2018 orders

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Jonathan Getty

I am now taking orders for June 2018 delivery

About Jonathan Getty

Jonathan Getty is a former chair of Belfast & District branch of the Ulster Beekeepers Association which has over 250 members and is a current committee member. He is at least a fourth generation beekeeper in the Getty family. His main beekeeping interest is queen rearing based on our native bee Apis mellifera mellifera. He started up the Belfast Minnowburn queenrearing group in 2012 and is currently involved with a new queenrearing group in Co. Tyrone which started up in 2020. He manages over 100 colonies of his own spread over about a dozen apiary sites in NI. He also rears between 400-500 queens per season using 200 Apideas. Jonathan holds a BSc Hons in Psychology from Queens University Belfast and gained a postgraduate teaching qualification at Stranmillis Training College. He is a fluent Spanish speaker.
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18 Responses to 2018 orders

  1. James Ellison says:
    December 22, 2017 at 8:00 pm

    Evening Jonathan
    I started keeping bees in 2014 with black Irish bees and was doing very well until I had a few virgin queens mated with drones in my area. These new queens produced mostly aggressive bees, but could give me any information on how to keep my bees all Black Irish bee. The reason for the email as I would be interested in getting a few of your black queens.what do you think 🤔
    James

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    • Jonathan Getty says:
      December 23, 2017 at 4:49 pm

      Best thing you can do is set up as many drone producing colonies as possible with daughters from a pure race queen. Irrespective of what they mate with, the drones produced will be pure race as they are produced from unfertilized eggs. The other possibility is to rear a few queens in mini nucs at an isolated mating site but you will still need to provide drone colonies.

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      • James Ellison says:
        December 23, 2017 at 7:14 pm

        Could you direct me to articles on drone producing colonies on line. It would give me an idea what is involved in producing these drone colonies .Many Thanks Jonathan

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  2. Paul Winder says:
    January 28, 2018 at 10:27 am

    A few different beekeeper share looking to introduce some of you queens in their apiarys. If we order 14 can you supply from different hives or would they all be grafted from the same queen?

    Would you do a deal and include clipping if 14 ordered?

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  3. lorne kavanagh says:
    April 14, 2018 at 2:52 pm

    Would anyone have a very early mated queen for sale to save a strong hive, the queen has disappeared or probably died, a last years queen would do to save the hive.

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  4. Gordon Lumby says:
    April 17, 2018 at 12:04 pm

    I would like to order Two Queens. Let me know how to pay for them. Thank you.
    Regards
    Gordon Lumby

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  5. David Pittman says:
    April 30, 2018 at 3:24 am

    I live in Houston Texas. Could you ship a queen to me? If yes how much does the shipping cost. Thanks

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  6. Lee eaton says:
    May 27, 2018 at 8:52 pm

    Hi I live in Lincolnshire
    I’ve got some Manx bees has and body crossed your bees with manx or will I be the first

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  7. Lee eaton says:
    July 25, 2018 at 8:02 pm

    Good evening Jonathan
    My queen arrived safely. She looked beautiful as well thank you. I won’t look inside until saturday but the bees are bringing in pollen. So its looking good so fare.
    How longs your waiting list for any more queens.
    Many thanks Lee

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  8. Lee eaton says:
    August 6, 2018 at 6:58 pm

    Hi Jonathan
    Well she’s laying perfect
    I’ll put in another order then
    Many thanks Lee

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  9. Lee eaton says:
    September 5, 2018 at 1:11 pm

    Good afternoon have you any more queens

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  10. Lee eaton says:
    September 7, 2018 at 7:42 pm

    Thanks fast delivery and she’s looks good

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