This is the standard full depth brood box in tough plastic! Screw holes are pre-drilled to suit.įor dimensions please look at the Sizing Chart
Optional connector latches are available if required - you can purchase them here. For large indent orders, the boxes can be ordered with the bottom half a different colour to the top. To prevent drifting between beehives, a range of colour options are available in Blue, White, Yellow & Green. No assembly, paint or preservatives are required. With a life expectancy of over 30 years, these products save the beekeeper a lot of time and money. Supplied ready to use and completely non-toxic to bees. Manufactured from twin-wall food grade polypropylene with 15mm EPS insulation fitted. This triple-layer combination offers far better thermal insulation for the colony to work and thrive unobstructed in all weather extremes. In Technosetbee hives, worker bees are constantly gathering nectar and pollen instead of consuming stored honey for cooling or warming up the hive. This behaviour results in bigger yields of stored honey after every nectar flow, benefiting both beekeepers and bees. This will leave them susceptible to rotting! Box Size:Ĭommonly used for honey production but can be also used for brood production. Paraffin Wax has been commonly used for beehive boxes but it will melt at 60 degrees and can leach out of the timber boxes on a hot summer day. Microcrystalline is similar to Paraffin Wax but is a higher quality and has a melting point of 80 degrees. Undipped - This means your high quality Russian Pine boxes are assembled with stainless screws but is in its natural state and will need some kind of protection from the weather.ĭipped - The box has been assembled with stainless steel screws then dipped in hot Microcrystalline for 9 to 10 minutes to preserve the timber for a long life outside. These boxes will come assembled with stainless steel screws. Some Standard pieces may have some tight knots but usually no knots on edges and no pith.
Standard - This means your Russian Pine boxes will be made from standard grade timber(Some call it commercial grade). This size is the closest arrangement you can have to the bees natural hive size in the wild. With Radiused outer edges you will have a very professional tidy finish. Jumbo depth is usually used as an option of having just one brood super. Jumbo Depth - Your Russian Pine box will be 295mm high & 20mm thick with 28 screw holes. Beekeepers often will use two of these for the brood chamber. Full Depth is the most common size in beekeeping with it being used for brood chambers and honey supers. With Radiused outer edges you will have a very professional tidy finish. 3/4 depth is the most common size for honey supers as it is still a relatively manageable weight but allows for a good harvest per box. Some beekeepers find two 3/4 boxes a good size for a brood chamber.įull Depth - Your Russian Pine box will be 240mm high & 20mm thick with 24 screw holes. 1/2 depth is often used as a honey super for comb honey or just because its the lightest size when filled with honey.ģ/4 Depth - Your Russian Pine box will be 185mm high & 20mm thick with 20 screw holes.
This will leave them susceptible to rotting! Box Size:ġ/2 Depth - Your Russian Pine box will be 133mm high & 20mm thick with 20 screw holes. Undipped - This means your high quality Russian Pine boxes are unassembled and in its natural state and will need some kind of protection from the weather.ĭipped - The box has been dipped in hot Microcrystalline for 9 to 10 minutes to preserve the timber for a long life outside. The internal dimensions of these supers are 365mm x 465mm wide. The hand grips are all square cut so that box break tools can be used after a honey flow if necessary.īranding is available on indent orders if ordered in pallet lots. The end plates are radiused on the edges for comfort and to give better paint stickability. The high density Russian Pine timber is very good for beehive boxes and is machined to exacting sizes.
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