Metalwork for Brood Boxes and Supers are sold seperately. Please select from the bottom of the left hand column.

Bottom bee space is standard. If you prefer top bee space then please advise.

National Varroa Floor

Comes with Yellow Correx slide out tray for Varroa inspection and entrance block.

Assembled Cedar £33.52 Assembled Red Deal £29.76

National Brood

Assembled Cedar £54.52 Assembled Red Deal £39.89

Flat Pack National Brood

Cedar £44.96
Red Deal £33.56

National Super

Assembled Cedar £42.96 Assembled Red Deal £31.21

Flat Pack National Super

Cedar £34.85
Red Deal £22.30

National 4" Roof

Assembled Cedar £53.97 Assembled Red Deal £46.50

Flat Pack National 4" Roof

Cedar £42.22
Red Deal £35.52

National 6" Roof

Assembled Cedar £56.23 Assembled Red Deal £49.90

Flat Pack National 6" Roof

Cedar £47.77
Red Deal £42.89

National Gabled Roof

Assembled Cedar £65.65 Assembled Red Deal £53.45

National Hive Stand W Splayed Legs and Large Landing Board

Assembled Cedar £39.22 Assembled Red Deal £33.86

National Hive Stand W Landing Board

Assembled Cedar £34.22 Assembled Red Deal £27.86

Flat Pack National Stand W Landing Board

Cedar £29.96
Red Deal £21.24

Double Hive Stand

Assembled and finished. Just attach legs to top with supplied bolts. Assembled Cedar £75.22 Assembled Red Deal £54.86

National 14x12 Brood Box

Assembled Cedar £72.87 Assembled Red Deal £50.54

National Standard Floor

Made from Cedar or Red Deal with a ply floor and timber lipping. Comes with entrance block.

Assembled Cedar £34.02 Assembled Red Deal £28.55

Flat Pack National 14x12 Brood Box

Cedar £59.25
Red Deal £37.66

Framed Queen Excluder

Framed Queen Excluders suitable for both top and bottom bee space. £17.89

Apiguard Crown Board

Facilitates administration of 'Apiguard' and can be used as a Clearer Board with the supplied Porter Bee Escapes. £17.23

Crown Board

Can also be used as a Clearer Board with the supplied Porter Bee Escapes. £13.55

Polycarbonate Quilt

Transparent alternative to the Crown Board. Allows viewing bees with minimal disruption to the colony. £17.21

Snelgrove Board

Invented by Leonard Snelgrove for the purpose of effective swarm/colony splitting and management. See Snelgrove Method

Travelling Screen

Allows bees to breathe/stay cool whilst being transported. When moving a hive over a long distance remove the roof and crownboard and replace with a travelling screen. Hold in place with one or two hive straps. 3mm mesh to ensure no bees escape. £16.59

14x12 Eke

Used to convert a standard brood box to take 14x12 frames. Requires metal runners or castellated spacers (below)

Assembled Cedar £31.96 Assembled Red Deal £28.88

National Nucleus Hive

Suitable for 6 Hoffman frames with a higher roof to take 1/4 gallon liquid feeders. Comes with dummy board for easier inspection. Choose a timber and Assembled (Assm) or Flat Pack (FP)

Assm Cedar - Std Floor £146.28 Assm Cedar - Varroa Floor £150.28 Assm Deal - Std Floor £137.42 Assm Deal - Varroa Floor £140.42 FP Cedar - Std Floor £139.96 FP Cedar - Varroa Floor £143.96 FP Red Deal - Std Floor £128.57 FP Red Deal - Varroa Floor £132.57

National Nucleus Hive 14x12

As above but 14x12. Choose a timber and Assembled (Assm) or Flat Pack (FP)

Assm Cedar - Std Floor £155.24 Assm Cedar - Varroa Floor £158.24 Assm Deal - Std Floor £143.07 Assm Deal - Varroa Floor £145.07 FP Cedar - Std Floor £144.05 FP Cedar - Varroa Floor £148.05 FP Red Deal - Std Floor £134.44 FP Red Deal - Varroa Floor £147.88

Ashforth Feeder

Lock Jointed Cedar. Inside sealed with three coats of paint. Perspex cover over bee area. Large holds 10 litres and Nuc 5 litres.

National Ashforth £48.24 Nucleus Ashforth £41.64

Nucleus Stand W Splayed Legs & Large Landing Board

Assembled Cedar £34.45 Assembled Red Deal £27.12

National Nucleus Stand W Landing Board

Assembled Cedar £25.79 Assembled Red Deal £20.94

Nucleus Hive Super

Supplied with fitted metal runners. Assembled Cedar £32.52 Assembled Red Deal £29.89

Castellated Spacers and Metal Runners

Metal Runners £1.30 per pair

Castellated Spacers £2.18 per pair.

9 Castellations 10 Castellations 11 Castellations

Porter Bee Escapes. £1.20

Hive Tools

Manufactured locally in Sheffield.

Hive Tool and Frame Lifter £9.22 Heavy Duty Hive Tool and Frame Lifter £9.47 Standard Hive Tool £8.89

Mouse Guard

£1.21

National Entrance Block

Western Red Cedar with a small and large entrance. Made slightly overlength. Cut to fit your hive.

£2.54

Dummy Boards

Choose from National Hive Standard Brood, National 14x12 Brood or National Super

National Brood Dummy Board £5.45 National 14x12 Dummy Board £6.86 National Super Dummy Board £5.45

Frames

National Hive Hoffman, DN1 and SN1 Frames are now available in Flat Packs of 10 and 50. All packs come supplied with some frame nails to get you started.

Flat Pack DN4 Hoffman Frames (10 Pack) £15.09 Flat Pack DN4 Hoffman Frames (50 Pack) £72.08 Flat Pack 14x12 Hoffman Frames (10 Pack) £18.08 Flat Pack 14x12 Hoffman Frames (50 Pack) £88.08 Flat Pack DN1 Frames (10 Pack) £12.13 Flat Pack DN1 Frames (50 Pack) £55.00 Flat Pack SN1 Frames (10 Pack) £12.13 Flat Pack SN1 Frames (50 Pack) £55.00

Foundation Wax

National BS Wired Foundation. We Stock the most popular sizes. Deep, Shallow and 14x12 wax foundation.

BS Shallow Wired Foundation (10 Pack) £8.08 BS Deep Wired Foundation (10 Pack) £13.05 BS 14x12 Wired Foundation (10 Pack) £21.80

Plastic Frame Ends

Plastic frame spacers available in narrow and wide. Sold in bags of 100. Plastic ends are available in white in either a narrow or wide spacing.

Narrow Plastic Ends £8.45 Wide Plastic Ends £8.45

Nucleus Colonies

If you are interested in a top quality Nucleus Colony on 5 or 6 frames please email
nicholas@peak-hives.co.uk
and we will pass on your details to our bee breeder Helen. She's an expert with a wealth of experience and produces quality nucs with marked queens. She is also breeding now from newly arrived Buckfast Queens. The 2013 season price per Nucleus Colony is £175.00.

You can purchase everything for a National Hive here on a single page. If you’re looking at buying a complete hive then please use the center column…for National Hive parts please use the left hand column.
You can view your order at any time here…

If you have any problems ordering please email nicholas@peak-hives.co.uk and we’ll reply as soon as possible.

You can also call Nicholas or Adriana on 07594 583 151 but emailing is best as it allows Nick to be more productive in the workshop and get orders out earlier. All hives / hive parts are custom made to order. Please remember that our priorities are quality and sustainability and not making a quick profit out of mass produced items.

If you have a large order (eg 10 plus hives) then discounts will be available. Please call to discuss but please remember our prices are already very competitive.

Delivery/Collection

If you’re within pickup distance then we welcome collection in person direct from our workshop in Tideswell. Otherwise UK mainland delivery charges are as follows:

£0.01 to £99.99 = £9.99
£100 to 199.99 = £7.99
over £200.00 = free delivery

If your order is to ship to Northern Ireland, The Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland or the Highlands and Islands please add extra postage by clicking this button…

Peak Hives is, and will remain, a small cottage industry. We have a small dedicated workshop and Nick makes all our products to order. Due to the huge increase in interest in beekeeping we are very busy at the moment. If you have a time critical order then please call Nick/Adriana on 07594 583 151 and we will always try our best to accommodate your needs.

Please note that the current turn around on orders is approximately 3 weeks.

“…just wanted to say a massive thankyou for my hive, it is beautiful! I get my bees on Saturday and i’m really proud to have them in your hive! You now have a devoted customer…”

“…Hive arrived safely yesterday! Really pleased with it, what a great little Hive! Workmanship is second to none!…”

“…Thanks very much for putting our order through. Went and collected them today and really impressed with your work. Bees are going in on Monday to their new home. I’ve no doubt we’ll be back for more hives in due course….”

“…Just to let you know that my nuc hive arrived bang on time and I am delighted with it! Many thanks for the great service. It is very helpful to have updates via email and text concerning delivery date/time.

I’m sure I’ll be back for more…!…”

“…Fantastic! Just what I was after and they’ve turned out a treat. Really happy with the product and the quality is fab. So much so that I might be after another 10…”

“…It’s lovely and I’m so pleased with the workmanship too.
The service has been fantastic all round and I’ll definitely be buying from you again in the future!…”

“…It’s great to be able to support an individual artisan who, not only produces a great product, but also goes the extra mile for customer service….”

“…The Ashford feeders are superb, the boxes and hive stand perfect – I couldn’t be more pleased….”

“…delighted with the hive. Thank you so much, it looks great. Will spread the word amongst the members of our local group and more if ever I get the opportunity…”

“…We received the 2 assembled units today and are thrilled with the excellent improved design. Well worth waiting for…”

“…it’s very very good stuff, thank you. It’s very well made, I like the solid looking frame on the queen excluder…. Thanks a lot! A satisfied customer…”

“…a truly amazing business and I will spread the word in our club. I guess that is why I would not go elsewhere quality is worth the wait…”

“…It is great to trade with a business like yours where the benefits go straight to you and your family…”

“…I am very pleased with both the quality of the workmanship and the manner in which the package was delivered….The bees have settled in very quickly and they appear to be happy with their new home! Thank you very much for your excellent service….”

“…thank you both for being a British company making something in a traditional way. I wish you the best of luck and will be ordering more soon I’m sure…”

“…Arrived safely. Brilliant customer service…”

“…Just wanted to say thank you so much for making and dispatching my order so quickly! Really appreciate it Nick! (so will the bees)…”

“…Your hives are of outstanding quality and worth the delivery time wait…”

“…So pleased with the stand, as sturdier than the new ones of today! Keeping the stand and brood box indoors for the the lovely cedar smell rather than store in the bee shed and until the spring when I can use. I will be back for more orders and will recommend you…”

“…delivered the Outstanding Varroa Floor this morning. Please thank Nicholas for his efforts on making the Hive Items I ordered promptly and to the usual high quality..”

“…Thank you for sending my additional hive parts so quickly. I am very pleased with the hive which was also appreciated by a group of bee inspectors…”

“…as with my previous order, everything was beautifully made and easy and straightforward to assemble…”

“…Hi, I’ve just received my new nucleus hive and I couldn’t be more pleased. It’s far too nice to go outside, it’s more like a piece of furniture!…”

“…The quality looks really good, and I am looking forward to assembling the first one to see how they look.”

“…Once again I compliment you on the top quality of your products, excellent, it’s nice doing business with someone who cares…”

“…arrived and look excellent – the nuke in particular is a masterpiece”

“…really gratifying to know that there are still craftspeople in this world who can turn out high quality products, use sustainable business practices and materials, still charge an accessible price and deal with customers in a friendly manner…”

“…thanks for the hive its gone together well and is now waiting for its bees!”

“…arrived this morning, very nice, I am well pleased with it.”

“…Just to say thanks for you effort to get the bee hive to us. The brother-in-law is a happy fellow…”

“…were easy to assemble and all functioning…The quality of timber is also so much better than other ones I’ve had…”

“…Nuc’s just arrived. Many thanks for getting it out to me before the weekend. It looks really good, can’t wait to put it together so I can split my colony and put it to some good use…”

Click the links below to download pdf files containing assembly instructions for our flat pack National Hives. Please give Nick a call on 07594 583151 if you're unsure about any step in the process.

Open Mesh Floor

Brood Box and Super

National Roof

National Standard Floor

National Gabled Roof

National Stand

National Hives with Top Bee Space