Tel : 07879 811967
English Cedar hive:
open mesh floor
entrance block
varroa monitoring board
british standard brood box, metal runners
rigid plastic dummy board
11x DN4 (self spacing) frames
11x standard quality foundation to match
xp plus plastic queen excluder
2 supers with 11 slot metal castellations
22x SN4 frames
22x standard foundation to match
crownboard with 2 holes
2x porter escapes
4" metal covered roof
This is a bottom bee space hive.
£195 for self assembly includes glue, nails.
£300 fully assembled.
Component parts can be swapped, numbers of frames, supers tailored to your specification, price adjusted accordingly
14x12 brood box £225 flat, £330 assembled
add an alighting board + £10
upgrade to a wood framed s/s metal grid queen excluder + £19
standard deep timber dummy board + £15 (2 only)
upgrade to premier foundation throughout + £10
using runners with 11 frames in your super - add a rigid plastic dummy board + £8.50
Configuration as above with s/s queen excluder, premier foundation
Assembled Western Red cedar £520
choose a 6" roof +£12
for self assembly £380
Specific component upgrades available
Deluxe floor, pictured +£65
Configuration as above with s/s queen excluder, premier foundation
Assembled Western Red cedar £595
self assembly £420
Specific component upgrades available
Deluxe floor, pictured +£65
All have an entrance block, monitoring board
Deluxe with landing board, s/s grid, pictured £80
Assembled WRC £49
Assembled English cedar £38
Flat English cedar £28
Flat with nail pack and metalwork
14x12 WRC £85
14x12 English cedar £60
Standard Deep Brood WRC £64
English cedar £36
Super WRC £45
English cedar £30
With metalwork
14x12 WRC £105
14x12 English cedar £80
Standard Deep WRC £84
English cedar £56
Super WRC £60
English cedar £47
Add frames and foundation, extra
Budget per pack of 11
14x12 £17.60
DN4 /SN4 £13.20
SN1 £12.10
Foundation sheet shown as an example, see below for prices
Budget frames, premier foundation, per pack of 11
14x12 £63
DN4 £47
SN4 £40
SN1 £39
WRC 4" £59
WRC 6" £69
English cedar 4" £39 - only 2 available
WRC 4" £84
WRC 6" £94
English cedar 4" £64
Premier
14x12 £26.20
BS Deep £15.60
Shallow £9.60
Standard quality also available, slightly cheaper
Very happy to split packs to give you the number of sheets you need.
out of stock - £7
£6 - 500g
£1.95 - 50g
£4 - 500g
£1 - 66g
All the hive woodwork I sell is cedar which comes in 2 qualities –
1st, Western Red cedar, a dense slow growing tree, the machining of joints is precise and there won't be any knots.
2nd quality or Budget, English cedar, a faster growing, less dense tree which will have some knots and the joints can be less precise and therefore need a bit more patience to assemble sometimes.
All boxes are sold with nail packs for assembly and metal runners or castellations. It is useful if a customer specifies which they would like and if castellations, how many spacing slots – 8, 9, 10, 11.
You can get kit in pine, marine ply. I think this is fine for kit needed for a short time e.g. housing a swarm but will need more maintenance than cedar if it is to last a winter outside.
1st is the most expensive and so it goes down the line.
British Standard frames fit a National or WBC hive.
DN stands for Deep National. (11 frames in a national box with a dummy board.). For Brood boxes.
SN stands for Shallow National. For Supers.
DN1, DN2, SN1 and SN2 have straight side bars so these frames will have to be spaced by frame-ends or castellations.
DN4, DN5, SN4 and SN5 have Hoffman side bars so are self spacing.
DN2, DN5, SN2 and SN5 have slightly wider top bars.
Hoffman self-spacing side bars
SN4 – Super National Hoffman frames, can be used with runners or castellations in a super; if runners, then add a dummy board.
SN1 – Super National straight side bars, need to be used with castellations or frame ends for the spacing, if frame ends then may need a dummy board.
14x12 – Hoffman side bars with a wider top bar.
There are other options but these are the most commonly used in my experience. I am happy to discuss other variations.
National boxes can usually fit 12 frames! But, this is jammed in tight, you lose the bee-spaceon the outside faces of the end frames so you will never get these drawn out as the bees cannot get in there. In my opinion, 12 frames is too tight and you will roll, crush and kill bees especially once there is any hint of propolis.
I recommend 11 Hoffman frames with runners in the brood box with a dummy board.
If using runners in a super box, then add a dummy. I prefer castellations in the super as they hold the frames firmly when I have removed them from the bees and am transporting them whether from the garden or out apiaries. I prefer SN4 frames in the super so if I need to give a brood box a boost of food, they line up with my Hoffman brood frames.
There are many variations and beekeeper preferences, so please call to discuss your requirements!
Foundation
Comes in Premier or Standard quality:
Premier is sourced from the UK and Ireland.
Standard is from other various sources.
This is of importance as the UK and Ireland are much stricter than elsewhere about what chemicals are authorised for countrywide use. Wax can retain chemical residues even after cleaning which could impact colony health.
Priced in packs of 10 but I am happy to supply any exact number you require.
University of Bristol Botanic Garden, BS9 1JG
Devizes Town Hall, SN10 1BN
Copyright © 2018 The Bee Depot - All Rights Reserved.
We accept credit cards, contactless payments, bacs, PayPal
Powered by GoDaddy