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Most Popular Complete National Hive

BS Deep brood box National

English Cedar hive with :

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.


£180 for self assembly includes glue, nails.

£235 fully assembled.


Component parts can be swapped, numbers of frames, supers tailored to your specification, price adjusted accordingly

Most Popular Changes

14x12 brood box + £25 flat, £30 assembled

add an alighting board + £10

upgrade to a wood framed galvanised metal queen excluder + £15

upgrade that to a stainless steel grid +£18

timber dummy board + £7 (limited stock)

upgrade to premier foundation throughout + £10

using runners with 11 frames in your super - add a rigid plastic dummy board + £7

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Hive Equipment

Complete BS National Hive - Assembled

Complete 14x12 National Hive - Assembled

Complete 14x12 National Hive - Assembled

Configuration as above with s/s queen excluder, premier foundation


Western Red cedar £450

choose a 6" roof +£11


Specific component upgrades available

Complete 14x12 National Hive - Assembled

Complete 14x12 National Hive - Assembled

Complete 14x12 National Hive - Assembled

Configuration as above with s/s queen excluder, premier foundation


Western Red cedar £495


Specific component upgrades available

Floors

Complete 14x12 National Hive - Assembled

Boxes - flat

All have an entrance block, monitoring board

Deluxe with landing board, s/s grid, pictured £80

Assembled WRC £45

Assembled English cedar £34

Flat English cedar £26

Boxes - flat

Boxes - assembled

Boxes - flat

Brood and supers in the flat

Flat with nail pack and metalwork

14x12 WRC £78.50

English cedar £48

Standard Deep Brood WRC £59

English cedar £32

Super WRC £41.50

English cedar £27

Boxes - assembled

Boxes - assembled

Boxes - assembled

Brood and supers assembled

With metalwork

14x12 WRC £102

English cedar £62

Standard Deep WRC £77

English cedar £40

Super WRC £54

English cedar £35

Add frames and foundation, extra

Frames - flat

Boxes - assembled

Boxes - assembled

frame parts

Budget per pack of 11

14x12 £16.50

DN4 /SN4 £12.10

SN1 £11

Frames - assembled

Frames - assembled

Frames - assembled

frame assembled

Budget frames, premier foundation, per pack of 11

14x12 £48

DN4 £32

SN4 £25.50

SN1 £24.50

Roof - flat

Frames - assembled

Frames - assembled

Red

WRC 4" £55

WRC 6" £65

English cedar 4" £37


Roof - assembled

Frames - assembled

Foundation - Pack of 10

hive roof assembled

WRC 4" £72

WRC 6" £82

English cedar 4" £50


Foundation - Pack of 10

Foundation - Pack of 10

Foundation - Pack of 10

foundation

Premier

14x12 £24.10

BS Deep £14.40

Shallow £9

Standard quality also available, slightly cheaper

Very happy to split packs to give you the number of sheets you need.

Eke for WBC or National

Frame Nails - Sherardised

Frame Nails - Sherardised

eke

£7

Frame Nails - Sherardised

Frame Nails - Sherardised

Frame Nails - Sherardised

frame nails

Out of Stock £5 - 500g

£1.60 - 50g

Frame Nails - Steel

Frame Nails - Sherardised

Frame Nails - Steel

frame nails

£3 - 500g

£1 - 66g

More Info

  • Purchased in the flat - Floors, brood boxes, supers, roofs - price includes nails for assembly, metal runners or castellations, entrance block, monitoring board 
  • A mix of flat and assembled is available - perhaps you like assembling frames but a roof seems like an effort, we can do it for you
  • Assembled frame prices are for woodwork only - add cost of foundation as required
  • Frames and foundation are priced in packs of 10 but we will split packs as needed
  • Tailored hive package prices available on request
  • A large range is held in stock but if not, all items can be ordered
  • See Equipment sections for other items individually priced
  • See Help Page below for further details or call, email

Glossary

Woodwork

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.

Frames

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.

Notes

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, Europe, Africa.

Standard is from other various sources.


Priced in packs of 10 but I am happy to supply any exact number you require.

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