Members of the BBA are able to advertise Beekeeping items for sale on this page. To advertise you must be a current member of the association, but as these pages are public you may receive enquiries from outside the association. To advertise please contact our secretary here with itemised details and price.

We are unable to provide guidance on pricing of individual items with the exception of Nucleus colonies which have an association minimum recommended price of £180 for the 5-frame Colony and all frames, consisting of a marked, young, laying queen, at least 2 frames each of brood and stores and be well-filled with bees. All frames should ideally be fully drawn. Members advertising nucs on this page undertake to adhere to these criteria.

NOTE - all transactions are solely between the buyer and seller and not the responsibility or liability of the association in any way. The association has not inspected or validated any equipment being offered for sale. Only equipment that is associated with beekeeping will be accepted for advertisement, and will exclude any food products.

Items for Sale


This space is available to members wishing to sell items of bee related equipment. To advertise an item please email the secretary here. As a general rule items will be listed for three months after which they will be automatically removed unless a request to repost is received.

Smiths Bee Hives ( no bees )

5 Brood boxes with roofs, floors and many frames

7 Supers mostly with frames

Many self assembly frames ( 100+ )

Miscellaneous hive parts - queen excluders, clearing boards, bee escapes etc

£300 for the lot ( prepared to split )

Contact - Forbes McLennan 07717 237357

Listed 05/05/25

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Children’s AGS (designed in UK ) bee suit - age range 8-9 years.  Purchased last year and worn a few times but now outgrown. The suit cost £29.99 last year, now asking £18. 

Photos available from seller (Duns area)

David McLuckie – 07774857825  David.mcluckie@btinternet.com


Listed 24/5/25

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Smith colonies for sale this April with marked queens Floor, brood box and crown board and lid £250 Ono contact Billy Kirkpatrick 07974241445

Listed 25/3/25

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Candle making Supplies

700 gms of clean wax - £12 500 gms pack beeswax pellets - £5

Candle wick of various diameters - £5

2 Rubber candle moulds - Christmas tree ornaments 6 shapes per sheet - £3

10 small novelty candles - various animals - 50p each

5 rolled sheet candles - 50p each

Contact Wendy Frost 07933513450

Listed 2/6/25

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Smiths Hive parts

8 used Smith hive Supers including 52 used unwaxed frames and used Smith size eke.

Also includes bag of various Smith frame parts comprising of super top bars and sides.

Job lot for £50. Can be delivered local to Chirnside area or collected.


Contact Graeme Bairden 07393290256 (preferably on what’s app messenger)

Listed 3/6/25

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