Hive Parts

National Standard Floor
Assembled Cedar £24.02 Assembled Red Deal £18.55 national hive standard floor


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 assembled national hive brood box
Flat Pack National Brood
Cedar £33.96
Red Deal £18.68
flat pack national hive super
National Super
Assembled Cedar £30.96 Assembled Red Deal £22.21 cedar national hive super
Flat Pack National Super
Cedar £24.65
Red Deal £12.30 flat pack national hive super
National 4" Roof
Assembled Cedar £39.97 Assembled Red Deal £26.50 assembled cedar national hive roof
Flat Pack National 4" Roof
Cedar £30.22
Red Deal £20.52 flat pack national hive roof
National Gabled Roof
Assembled Cedar £52.60 Assembled Red Deal £39.45 national hive gabled roof
National Stand W Landing Board
Assembled Cedar £21.22 Assembled Red Deal £14.86 national hive stand
Flat Pack National Stand W Landing Board
Cedar £15.96
Red Deal £12.54

National 14x12 Brood Box
Assembled Cedar £52.87 Assembled Red Deal £34.54 national hive 14x12 brood box
Flat Pack National 14x12 Brood Box
Cedar £42.25
Red Deal £27.66 flat pack national hive 14x12 brood box

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)

Flat Packk National Nucleus Hive



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

14x12 nucleus hive



Castellated Spacers and Metal Runners
metal runners Metal Runners 94p per pair



Castellated Spacers £1.57 per pair.

castellated spacers



Porter Bee Escapes. 85p

porter bee escape

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.

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. Bottom Bee Space is standard but Top is 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  

Crown Board + £12.15  

Top Bee Space. Free.  
red deal    Red Deal Discount.  


Total   
flat pack national hive in cedar or red deal


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  

Crown Board + £12.15  

Top Bee Space. Free.  
red deal    Red Deal Discount.  


Total  
national hive in western red cedar





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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...:-)




National Nucleus Hive Options.

Here’s a couple of National Nucleus Hives I’ve finished today.  On the left a flat pack National Nuc in Red Deal with a standard floor.  On the right a fully assembled Cedar National Nuc with Varroa Floor (with slide out tray).  Both take 5 Hoffman DN4 frames with an extra 8mm manipulation space.

National Nucleus [...]

National Hives from Chatsworth Cedar

The first batch of locally sourced Chatsworth Western Red Cedar has been milled up by Simon at Rowsley Sawmill and I’ve just stacked and ’sticked’ it to air dry.  Simon’s milled it into 2″ waney edge boards which I can then machine up into either national hive rails or slice down the middle for hive [...]

Cedar National Hives ready for shipping

Here’s a couple of cedar national hives ready in the workshop for shipping on Monday.  Here at Peak Hives we’re busy working away in spite of the cold weather that just doesn’t want to go away.  When Spring actually comes I’ll be one happy camper although the local allotment association reckons we’re ‘at least a [...]

Cedar National Hive with Gabled Roof

This national hive in western red cedar with a 14×12 brood box, 3 supers and a gabled roof is only going 10 minutes down the road so collection from the Peak-Hives workshop is on the cards.

cedar national hive with gabled roof

Our gabled roofs are now made with a single piece cover of galvanized metal [...]

Peak District Western Red Cedar, National Hives

Up early to pick up my brother’s 1 tonne van and 3/4 tonne trailer (thanks Neil!)…then off to Chatsworth.  The forresters were already working on the tree when I arrived.  Even though Western Red Cedar is a ‘light’ wood…it’s bloomin heavy when it’s wet and in big logs!!!  The rough sawn lumber was then transported [...]

Chatsworth Western Red Cedar for Peak National Hive

As promised by Dave the Head Forrester at Chatsworth and a day earlier than expected. Our tree has mostly already been felled and will be transported on friday for milling. Then it’ll be put in storage for air drying. The waiting process then begins, checking frequently with the moisture meter for suitability for use in [...]

26th november...Peak District Western Red Cedar!

just a quick reminder that on the 26th November we’ll be milling up about 1 1/2 square metres of Peak District sourced Western Red Cedar for use in our national hives (thanks to the Peak Park ‘live and work rural’ team and Adele in particular.  between cutting down, resawing, natural air drying and other tasks [...]

assembled cedar national hive brood box on ebay…

have to keep pluggin away with the old fleabay wednesday sunday thing…

assembled cedar national hive brood box

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