Finally got round to making all the jigs and workarounds to make the production of Hoffman Frames viable. They’re now added to the frames section in the left hand column. We’re offering our frames in flat packs of 10 or 50 and the Hoffmans are available in standard National Hive Brood Box size and 14×12. [...]
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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 Standard FloorMade from Cedar or Red Deal with a ply floor and timber lipping. Comes with entrance block.
Assembled Cedar £24.02
Assembled Red Deal £18.55
National Varroa FloorComes with Yellow Correx slide out tray for Varroa inspection and entrance block.
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 £33.96Red Deal £22.56 National Super
Assembled Cedar £31.96
Assembled Red Deal £22.21
Flat Pack National Super
Cedar £24.65Red Deal £14.30 National 4" Roof
Assembled Cedar £39.97
Assembled Red Deal £27.50
Flat Pack National 4" Roof
Cedar £30.22Red Deal £22.52 National Gabled Roof
Assembled Cedar £60.65
Assembled Red Deal £47.45
National Stand W Landing Board
Assembled Cedar £24.22
Assembled Red Deal £17.86
Flat Pack National Stand W Landing Board
Cedar £22.96Red Deal £16.24 National 14x12 Brood Box
Assembled Cedar £52.87
Assembled Red Deal £34.54
Flat Pack National 14x12 Brood Box
Cedar £42.25Red Deal £27.66 Framed Queen Excluder
Framed Queen Excluders suitable for both top and bottom bee space. £16.78
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. £12.55
Polycarbonate Quilt
Transparent alternative to the Crown Board. Allows viewing bees with minimal disruption to the colony. £17.21
14x12 EkeUsed to convert a standard brood box to take 14x12 frames. Requires metal runners or castellated spacers (below)
Assembled Cedar £17.96
Assembled Red Deal £16.88
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.
National Nucleus Stand W Landing Board
Assembled Cedar £20.29 Assembled Red Deal £14.94 Castellated Spacers and Metal Runners
Metal Runners 94p per pairPorter Bee Escapes. 85p 
Hive ToolsManufactured locally in Sheffield.
Mouse Guard
£0.89 National Entrance BlockWestern Red Cedar with a small and large entrance. Made slightly overlength. Cut to fit your hive.
£2.54
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 frame nails.
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British National BeehivesBased 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. Fully Assembled National Hives
Flat Pack National Hives
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...:-)Still busy up here and here’s a quick picture of the order made up over the weekend (Yes including Sunday)…The order was for 3 14×12 National Hives in red deal each including a Varroa floor, a 14×12 Brood Chamber, Framed Queen Excluder, Two Supers, a Standard Crown Board and a Standard 4 inch roof. Sunday [...] Christmas comes but once a year and one of our clients has given permission to show this picture of a beautifully wrapped Peak Hives National Hive given as a present. We were very worried that they might not get it in time for Christmas but as you can see it arrived in time for some [...] Well no. There’s just two as can be seen in the image below. Western Red Cedar and Red Deal. In woodworking it’s not often you come across a timber that can have quite such a gamut of colouring as that of Western Red Cedar. As can be seen in the picture the leftmost timber is [...] With the order book so full I decided to work through the Easter weekend. By Monday I had a stack of Red Deal National Supers reaching up to the rafters of the workshop! National Hive Super Stack Completely cleaned me out of Red Deal. There’s more being delivered on Thursday and luckily I’ve a [...] 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 [...] Now that the big freeze is over (at least for the moment it looks that way) we’re back in production. Here’s a British National Hive with 2 Supers in Red Deal. British National Hive in Red Deal Here’s to a successful beekeeping 2010. I’m long overdue to start frame making and I’m compiling a [...] |
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