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Solid Pine Nucleus Hive ready to assemble
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Consists of a 4 frame solid pine super with a ply bottom and metal covered telescopic lid. Same quality and manufacture as regular hives just smaller. Nucleus hives are used when raising queens or for beginning a new hive.
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Lightweight Ply Nucleus Hive assembled
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A lightweight 4 frame nucleus ideal to have in the boot of the car ready to collect a swarm. Can also be used for raising queens or starting a new hive. Not as tough as the solid pine version but still able to give good service.
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Observation Hive
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Has glass or Perspex sides and holds just one frame so all activities can be fully observed. Widely used in shows for queen and "Frame of Honey" competitions also very popular for demonstrations or talks at schools and similar. We do not supply the glass or Perspex because it could get damaged in transit but that is usually easy to get locally.
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Pollen Trap
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A small sturdy and efficient trap which fits 10 fr and 8 fr boxes. This trap was developed in and is used by most of the the commercial pollen collectors in WA. The bees crawl through a mesh to get into the hive. This dislodges the pollen from their legs. The pollen drops through a bee proof mesh into the well ventilated collection bin on the bottom. The trap mesh has a couple of larger holes drilled in it so drones and some workers can come and go unhindered. This keeps the colony functioning reasonably normally. If your hives are on stands you can adapt the current entrance to accommodate the traps which hang down in front of the hives otherwise the bottom entrance must be closed and a new one created behind the trap. Pamphlet available
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Boardman Feeder
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An entrance feeder made up of a glass jar, and a multi-holed lid which feeds the bees at a slow rate and a metal and wood holder so designed that only the bees in the hive can get at the food. You can easily see when the jar needs re-filling, beekeepers supply their own jar, but it is the "click" sort which are now the most common ones in use. To make a suitable sugar syrup we suggest you dissolve at least 2 parts of sugar into one part of very hot water.
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Wooden Sections, each, up to 99
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Thin laths of wood shaped and cut so that when the creases are wet, they will fold into a box.. When made up, the sections have slots on three sides so that you can use one uncut sheet for foundation to slip into the middles of the whole eight. Bees do not like working sections so to draw them successfully you need strong bees on a good honey flow. Well drawn and filled sections weight about 450 gms each. Free pamphlet available
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Wooden Sections, per 100
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Thin laths of wood shaped and cut so that when the creases are wet, they will fold into a box.. When made up, the sections have slots on three sides so that you can use one uncut sheet for foundation to slip into the middles of the whole eight. Bees do not like working sections so to draw them successfully you need strong bees on a good honey flow. Well drawn and filled sections weight about 450 gms each. Free pamphlet available
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Section Frame Holders
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A frame made to contain 8 sections, and to fit into a full depth super. Allows you to produce sections without and other special equipment. Make up 8 sections, put into position round a frame of foundations then fit the section frame holder firmly round them so you can nail it up to the right size. At first set out to produce only a few sections at a time, Take out 2 frames and put the section frame holder preferably near the centre of the top super and between 2 well filled frames
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Copper Naphthanate 5% solution 1 litre
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Copper Naphthanate is often used to help prevent dry rot in wood. Opinions vary as to its effectiveness.This copper naphthanate is a 5% solution and needs to be diluted with mineral turps as per the instructions
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Copper Naphthanate 5% solution 5 litre
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Copper Naphthanate is often used to help prevent dry rot in wood. Opinions vary as to its effectiveness.This copper naphthanate is a 5% solution and needs to be diluted with mineral turps as per the instructions
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