after much faffing about managed to get the email server working… got proper email address ‘nicholas@peak-hives.co.uk’ many thanks to ameldridge from the beekeeping forum for the heads up about Google Apps.
now, off to jig up for some Langstroths.
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Hive PartsMetalwork 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 FloorComes with Yellow Correx slide out tray for Varroa inspection and entrance block.![]() Assembled Cedar £33.52 Assembled Red Deal £29.76 National Brood![]() Flat Pack National Brood![]() Red Deal £33.56 National Super![]() Flat Pack National Super![]() Red Deal £22.30 National 4" Roof![]() Flat Pack National 4" Roof![]() Red Deal £35.52 National 6" Roof![]() Flat Pack National 6" Roof![]() Red Deal £42.89 National Gabled Roof![]() National Hive Stand W Splayed Legs and Large Landing Board![]() National Hive Stand W Landing Board![]() Flat Pack National Stand W Landing Board![]() Red Deal £21.24 Double Hive Stand![]() National 14x12 Brood Box![]() National Standard FloorMade from Cedar or Red Deal with a ply floor and timber lipping. Comes with entrance block.![]() Flat Pack National 14x12 Brood Box![]() Red Deal £37.66 Framed Queen Excluder![]() Apiguard Crown Board![]() Crown Board![]() Polycarbonate Quilt![]() Snelgrove Board![]() Travelling Screen![]() 14x12 EkeUsed to convert a standard brood box to take 14x12 frames. Requires metal runners or castellated spacers (below)![]() National Nucleus HiveSuitable 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)![]() National Nucleus Hive 14x12As above but 14x12. Choose a timber and Assembled (Assm) or Flat Pack (FP)![]() Ashforth FeederLock Jointed Cedar. Inside sealed with three coats of paint. Perspex cover over bee area. Large holds 10 litres and Nuc 5 litres.![]() 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 SuperSupplied with fitted metal runners.![]() Castellated Spacers and Metal Runners![]() Porter Bee Escapes. £1.20 ![]() Hive ToolsManufactured locally in Sheffield.![]() Mouse Guard![]() £1.21 National Entrance BlockWestern Red Cedar with a small and large entrance. Made slightly overlength. Cut to fit your hive.![]() Dummy BoardsChoose from National Hive Standard Brood, National 14x12 Brood or National Super![]() FramesNational 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.![]() Foundation WaxNational BS Wired Foundation. We Stock the most popular sizes. Deep, Shallow and 14x12 wax foundation.![]() Plastic Frame EndsPlastic 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.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. |
British National BeehivesBased in a small workshop in Tideswell in the Peak District we make Highest Quality British National Beehives out of 1st grade American Western Red Cedar or High Quality Red Deal according to the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) Modified National Hive Plans. Everything we sell we make here in the Peak District. We also stock other items of Beekeeping Supplies including Frames, Foundation Wax and Hive Tools. The driving forces behind peak-hives.co.uk are sustainability and quality workmanship. Sustainability because, well it matters quite a bit we think and quality workmanship because customer satisfaction is paramount. New for 2019 is our range of pollinator plants. Fully Assembled National Hives
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webcam...Want to see your National Hive being made? Here's what's going on in the workshop right now. The image is updated every 10 minutes during working hours. Click to see full size...![]() blog...The rest of the centre column is an ongoing blog of what's new at peak-hives.co.uk and other items of interest...veg garden...renewables etc, but please don't let reading about the allotment distract you from placing your order...:-)email server working...after much faffing about managed to get the email server working… got proper email address ‘nicholas@peak-hives.co.uk’ many thanks to ameldridge from the beekeeping forum for the heads up about Google Apps. now, off to jig up for some Langstroths. October 2nd, 2009 | Category: peak-hives 1 comment to email server working… |
Newsletter…Pollinator Plants![]() Peak Hives now has it's own nursury for Pollinator Plants. We are keen gardeners and with our interest in beekeeping supplying quality pollinator plants seemed a natural progression... The polytunnel is now populated with our own propagated and carefully selected bee friendly plants. We're now taking pollinator plant orders for despatch between January 2019 and June 2019. Please indicate your preferred delivery window when ordering your plants. Lavender 'Hidcote'In flower and swamped in bees 'Hidcote' is a bushy dwarf evergreen shrub with narrow, silvery-grey leaves and small deep violet-purple flowers in dense, aromatic spikes 3-4cm in length![]() 1 Litre Pot £4.99 2 Litre Pot £6.99 Achillea 'King Alfred'A low growing Achillea with silver foliage with sulphur-yellow flowers that appear in spring![]() 1 Litre Pot £3.99 2 Litre Pot £5.99 Lavender 'Rosea'Fragrant rose pink flower spikes rise on short stems above neat, grey-green foliage. With its pretty pink blooms, Lavandula angustifolia 'Rosea' makes a lovely accompaniment to the traditional purple English Lavenders.![]() 1 Litre Pot £4.99 2 Litre Pot £6.99 Potentilla ‘Golden Starlit’ (Summer)This brilliant yellow flower is perfectly complimented with a grey/green foliage which the bees love. Recommended by the RHS to be an excellent attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects.![]() 1 Litre Pot £3.99 2 Litre Pot £5.99 Lavender 'Devon Compact White'An ever popular perennial with profusion of pink, slightly more petite flowers on very upright habit over dense, aromatic, grey-green foliage with a tight mounding habit.![]() 1 Litre Pot £4.99 2 Litre Pot £6.99 Pulmonaria ‘Raspberry Splash’Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash'. A spring flowering perennial forming dense clumps of narrow white spotted dark green leaves and long lasting raspberry pink blooms. One of the earlier flowering lungworts and so particularly valuable as an early nectar source for bees.![]() 1 Litre Pot £4.79 2 Litre Pot £6.79 Potentilla ‘Scarlet Starlit’A Potentilla that has well-balanced but dwarf habit which carries crimson red flowers in the summer over foliage that has an eye-catching silver lustre. Recommended by the RHS to be an excellent attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects.![]() 1 Litre Pot £5.50 2 Litre Pot £7.50 Veronica spicata ‘Heidekind’ (Summer)From June-August, each strong stem is topped with a fat, cerise-pink flower which should be deadheaded to extend interest.![]() 1 Litre Pot £4.95 2 Litre Pot £7.95 Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Autumn)C. plumbaginoides commonly called hardy blue-flowered leadwort is a low-growing herbaceous perennial with spreading roots, forming a mat of stems bearing oval leaves which turn red or purple in autumn. Clusters of rich blue flowers from late summer adored by bees.![]() 1 Litre Pot £5.49 2 Litre Pot £8.49 Sage officinalis ‘Icterina (Gold)’ (Autumn)A cheerful addition to the herb garden and particularly attractive when topped by its purple-blue flowers in Spring and Summer.![]() 1 Litre Pot £6.50 2 Litre Pot £8.50 Euphorbia ‘Baby Charm’ (Spring)Beautiful red tints to the attractive green foliage, with sprays of delicate green flowers on red stems in spring.![]() 1 Litre Pot £4.79 2 Litre Pot £8.79 Helleborus orientalis hybrid ‘Pink Lady’ (Spring)One of the very best bee plants is the hybrid hellebore (Helleborus x hybridus) because the open flowers are easy to access and provide life sustaining nectar and pollen for at least two weeks or more.![]() 1 Litre Pot £5.20 2 Litre Pot £7.20 Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii (Summer)Attractive to bees and other pollinators Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii bears attractive, daisy-like flowers with cone-shaped, black-brown centres from August to October.![]() 1 Litre Pot £4.99 2 Litre Pot £6.99 Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ (Spring)Tangerine flowers. Loved by bees and ideal for cutting. Flowers May-August.![]() 1 Litre Pot £5.79 2 Litre Pot £8.79 Iberis ‘Masterpiece’ (Spring)Iberis 'Masterpiece' is known for attracting bees, butterflies and moths. It has highly nectar-pollen-rich-flowers.![]() 1 Litre Pot £4.99 2 Litre Pot £6.99 Verbena bonariensis (Summer/Autumn)Flowering in July, August, September and October and noted for attracting Honeybees, Bumblebees and Butterflies. Prefers well drained light or medium soil sheltered from the wind.![]() 1 Litre Pot £4.49 2 Litre Pot £5.99 Stachys byzantina (Summer/Autumn)Flowering from July to September Stachys byzantina (aka Lamb's Ears) establishes quickly and provides a dense carpet of delicate fluffy grey leaves and then tall silky flower spikes which attract larger Bumble bee species. Also provides a perfect environment for Wool Carder bees which use the leaf hairs for nesting material for their young. A superb plant.![]() 1 Litre Pot £3.99 2 Litre Pot £5.49 Buddleia globosaWith golden lemony yellow-orange globe-shaped flowers, Buddleja globosa or "orange ball tree" buddleia, is easy to grow and is an ideal shrub for a wildlife garden, cottage or low maintenance garden.![]() 1 Litre Pot £4.79 2 Litre Pot £6.39 To OrderYou 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. 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/CollectionIf 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 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. Testimonials“…just wanted to say a massive thank you 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…” “…arrived and we are delighted with it. It’s really well made, so lovely to see such great craftsmanship, the bees should be very happy too…” “…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. “…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…” Flat Pack AssemblyClick 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 Bee Spacebee links
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Dear all,
please sende me a flat packed hive, not an assembled one.
kind regards
TW