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Metalwork for Brood Boxes and Supers sold seperately.

National Standard Floor

Assembled Cedar £24.02 Assembled Red Deal £18.55

Flat Pack Cedar £18.96 Flat Pack Red Deal £15.54

National Varroa Floor

Comes with slide out tray for Varroa inspection.

national hive open mesh floor with slide out tray

Assembled Cedar £27.52 Assembled Red Deal £24.76

National Brood

Assembled Cedar £41.52 Assembled Red Deal £27.89

Flat Pack National Brood

Cedar £33.96
Red Deal £18.68

National Super

Assembled Cedar £31.96 Assembled Red Deal £22.21

Flat Pack National Super

Cedar £24.65
Red Deal £14.30

National 4" Roof

Assembled Cedar £39.97 Assembled Red Deal £27.50

Flat Pack National 4" Roof

Cedar £30.22
Red Deal £22.52

National Gabled Roof

Assembled Cedar £52.60 Assembled Red Deal £39.45

National Stand W Landing Board

Assembled Cedar £23.22 Assembled Red Deal £16.86

Flat Pack National Stand W Landing Board

Cedar £17.96
Red Deal £15.24

National 14x12 Brood Box

Assembled Cedar £52.87 Assembled Red Deal £34.54

Flat Pack National 14x12 Brood Box

Cedar £42.25
Red Deal £27.66

Framed Queen Excluder

Quality framed queen excluders suitable for both top and bottom bee space. £15.78

Crown Board

Comes with Porter Bee Escapes. £12.55

National Nucleus Hive

Suitable for 5 Hoffman frames with high roof to take liquid feeders. Choose a timber and Assembled (Assm) or Flat Pack (FP)

National Nucleus Hive 14x12

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

Castellated Spacers and Metal Runners

Metal Runners 94p per pair

Porter Bee Escapes. 85p

Hive Tools

Manufactured locally in Sheffield.

Mouse Guard

£0.89

Ashforth Feeder

Lock Jointed Cedar. Simply wax the inside and fill with syrup. Large holds 10 litres and Nuc 5 litres.

British National Beehives

Based in a small workshop in Tideswell in the Peak District we make British National Beehives out of 1st grade Western Red Cedar, high quality Red Deal or, when available, locally sourced Western Red Cedar according to the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) Modified National Hive Plans. Everything we sell we make here in the Peak District. 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.

Holidays 2010

After the hard slog of the 2010 season we'll be taking the first two weeks of August off. Please note that you may continue to place orders and they will be attended to when we return. There are going to be a number of new National Hive related products developed and workshop improvements made during the quieter winter season so keep checking the site for news on these.

Fully Assembled National Hives

Customise to your requirements and choose either 1st grade Cedar or Red Deal. Standard Brood Box, Roof and Floor are included in the price. Bottom Bee Space is the National Hive standard so if you want Top Bee Space tick the checkbox. Don't forget to add on your metalwork requirements from the left hand column. We stock metal runners for Hoffman DN4 Frames and Castellated Spacers for SN1 etc. Please choose your hive options and extras below:

Supers:

Floor:

National Stand + £18.43

Gabled Roof + £18.65

14x12 Brood Box + £10.20

Framed Wired Queen Excluder + £15.78

Crown Board wth Porter Bee Escapes + £12.15

Top Bee Space. Free.

red deal Red Deal Discount.

Total

Flat Pack National Hives

Customise to your requirements and choose either 1st Grade Cedar or Red Deal. Standard Brood Box, Roof and Floor are included in the price. Bottom Bee Space is the National Hive standard so if you want Top Bee Space tick the checkbox. Don't forget to add on your metalwork requirements from the left hand column. We stock metal runners for Hoffman DN4 Frames and Castellated Spacers for SN1 etc. Please choose your hive options and extras below:

Supers:

Floor:

National Stand + £14.32

Gabled Roof (Fully Assembled) + £18.65

14x12 Brood Box + £8.53

Framed Wired Queen Excluder + £15.78

Crown Board wth Porter Bee Escapes + £12.15

Top Bee Space. Free.

red deal Red Deal Discount.

Total

flat pack national hive in cedar or red deal

blog...

The rest of the centre column is (thanks to Wordpress) 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...:-)

setting up the workshop

here’s a photo of the very first hive produced in the workshop…

the very very first hive produced at peak-hives.co.uk

the very first hive produced at peak-hives.co.uk

made out of standard joinery red deal in order to set up the workshop jigs etc. following the BBKA plans for the modified national hive. once this one is finished with all the components: varroa floor, entrance block, brood box, super, crown board and roof I should have all the jigs set up nicely to produce national hives in batches of 5 or 10 at a time. next one will be a hive in western red cedar to test out the jigs just made.

6 comments to setting up the workshop

Peter McFadden

October 1st, 2009 at 4:03 pm

Good luck with your new business!
Peter, Conwy BKA.
David Buzz Thornton

October 11th, 2009 at 10:19 pm

Splendid web site and do hope you succeed in selling a lot of hives and humble bees.

Please send everyday mail address for more private comments including recommendations for soothing a sting on the d..k
admin

October 11th, 2009 at 10:53 pm

David

check out http://www.strawberry-systems.co.uk/

our sister site
bill ainsworth

October 14th, 2009 at 11:58 am

jolly good show. just try and get the price down a bit. best of luck
admin

October 18th, 2009 at 10:03 pm

site update. please check back.

cheers

nick
admin

October 25th, 2009 at 9:23 pm

thanks bill!

prices have been looked at and revised as you suggest. we’re now operating at 15% less than lowest price of any of the major suppliers.

all the best and thanks for the good wishes.

nick.

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 call nicholas or adriana on 07594 583 151. Most hives / hive parts are available from stock but please remember that our priorities are quality and sustainability and not making a fast buck out of mass produced items.

You can also contact me at nicholas@peak-hives.co.uk

If you have a large order (eg 10 plus hives) then discounts will be available. Please call to discuss.

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...

Holiday 2010

We will be taking the first two weeks of August as holidays this year. Whilst we're away please feel free to place orders which will be attended to as soon as we return from a well earned rest.

We have a large number of orders on our books already so please bear in mind that any orders received from 5th July onwards are likely to be made up after we return.

Delivery Update

Peak Hives is, and will remain, a small cottage industry and our products are made to order. Due to the huge 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. The current turn around on orders is approximately 5-6 weeks.

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

"...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..."

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