Hive World supply all you need to set up your hive boxes ready to go. You can order a complete Hive World Starter Kit (all you need except the bees) or a Budget Kit (good if you are requiring extra hives). As well as these easy options we also now offer a range of Ready-to-Go boxes for you to select from.
Paradise Hiveware:
A deluxe option for your bees comfort with the advantage of extra productivity. See our special section on this well-proven product. https://www.hiveworld.co.nz/product-category/hiveware/paradise-hiveware-system/Nuc Boxes:
Supplied either as a ready-to-go package or in flat pack for easy delivery. Remember to order hive lid and mat if choosing the flat pack option. Check out our Nuc Boxes section. https://www.hiveworld.co.nz/product-category/hiveware/hives/nuc-boxes/Siting Your Hives:
Although it can travel several kilometres to search for a source of nectar and pollen, the worker bee prefers to work within a kilometre radius. The presence of nectar producing plants nearby will be favourable to the healthy development of your colonies. Proximity of water is also important especially at the end of winter and spring when the nurse bees dilute the honey intended for the larvae. The use of suitable drinking troughs will prevent any shortage. Avoid very wet or flood prone sites. Choose a favourable environment, sheltered from the wind with as much sunshine as possible. Don't forget to maintain access to the hives by regularly cutting back shrubby plants that could hinder the bees foraging.Bee Aware:
If you are placing several hives on the same site, ideally you should space them from 1-2 metres apart to make your visits easy. Similarly, in order to minimize bee drift, position them in an irregular line with variable space between and with different orientation for the bee flight paths.Basic Hive Starter Pack
$247.83 – $260.00
For those of you who already have some of your gear or would just like to purchase extra hives Hive World supplies this Basic Starter Pack to make it easy.
It comes complete with lid, waxed frames, queen excluder, hive mat, wooden floor and entrance reducer all held together with a metal hive strap. It also includes a top feeder and frame for feeding.
Beehive Starter Package
$426.08 – $443.48
The Hive World Beehive Starter Package is the easy way to get all the components you need to begin your beekeeping adventures. The only thing you need to add is the most important …the BEES!
Includes the following –
- 2 x assembled full depth paraffin dipped and painted hive boxes
- 20 x full depth wax coated plastic frames
- 1 x hive base assembled with entrance reducer
- 1 x top feeder with lid, 1 x 1/3 depth wooden rim,
- 1 x hive mat, 1 x galv hive lid, 1 x queen excluder, 1 x hive strap.
- 1 x Apix-Pro beesuit, 1 x leather beekeepers gloves.
- 1 x smoker, 1 x hive tool, 1 x bee brush.
- “Starting with Bees” book
Please specify beesuit and glove size in the notes box at checkout.
“I liked the fact that you could buy the complete hive with all the tools, suit as a single package rather than having to buy all of the individual components!
And I’d recommend to anyone else looking at starting beekeeping as well” (H.C.)
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Commercial Grade Hive Box
$19.13 – $21.30
Hive World supplies our Hive Box as a kitset.
These are quality New Zealand made boxes constructed from Commercial Grade timber. They require staples, nails or screws for assembly (not supplied).
We recommend that you paraffin dip and paint your boxes to preserve the wood and be aware that hives should be marked with the owners registration (hive number).
For quantity pricing, please call us.
Complete Paradise 10-Frame Hive
$172.26 – $180.94
Hive World supplies a complete Paradise 10-frame hive with top, bottom, 2 x supers (your choice of FD or 3/4D), an entrance reducer, queen excluder and a 10L top feeder.
Give your bees the best comfort with an ambient all-year-round temperature to allow them to concentrate on producing more honey.
Hive Base Board
$26.09 – $33.05
Hive World supplies a Kitset Hive Base which comes with tanalised runners. This sturdy New Zealand made product provides a firm base for your hive supers. Easy to put together and provides an untreated natural habitat for your bees home to rest on.
Every home needs a good foundation to build on!
All you need to supply is the nails.
Hive Mat
$11.74
Our Hive mat kitset includes kiln dried rims with a tempered hardboard sheet for a durable product to use in your hive.
The hive mat is used as an insulator and to prevent your hive lid from being stuck down by over-active propolizing bees. You can sit your top feeder on it and make a small hole for the bees to enter the feeder. This works particularly well with the Hive World Top Feeder as it has its own lid to keep the bees insulated from the weather.
The 40mm rim hive mat can be used as an escape board. Firstly, make a hole in the mat then screw a bee escape (either an 8-way or porter style) on top. Place it underneath the supers you are wanting to harvest. The deeper rim allows for the addition of the bee escape: this means it will fit comfortably between the hive boxes.
We also supply a nuc hive mat to fit your nuc boxes. Check your options below:
(For quantity pricing, please call us.)
Kitset Nuc Box
$27.39
Hive World supplies Kitset Nuc Boxes for you to hive a small colony of bees – usually a package, swarm or split.
Constructed in New Zealand from local materials and supplied flat pack for economy of handling.
Nuc boxes are useful for:
- holding frames while you inspect your hives or when redistributing between hives.
- as a swarmcatcher – Bait the box with swarm lure such as Charme des Abeilles https://www.hiveworld.co.nz/product/bee-charm-swarm-attractant-2/ as well as some spare comb for best results.
- a mating nuc for raising queens. See below link for how to do this:https://www.honeybeesuite.com/how-to-start-a-queen-in-a-two-frame-nuc/
Hive World also supplies Galv lids and hive mats for nuc boxes.
Nuc Box Package
$69.48
Hive World sells a useful Nuc Box Package which is a good thing to have on hand in case of swarms and when you have a sudden need to do splits.
Package includes a galv roof hive mat and wooden floor with a nuc box including a nuc entrance disc.
These are paraffin dipped and painted for long life.
