NOTE – We have price breaks for quantity buys, please contact us.

There are 3 options when purchasing a Nuc&Mate hive system:

1. HFP-NMB:  The Basic Nuc&Mate with hive top & ventilated bottom, 1 x nuc body.
2. HFP-NMBF:  As above plus a 5L top feeder with 2 x plexy beesavers.
3. HFP-NMBC:  As per option 2 plus a division board.

The Nuc & Mate Hive:
The Nuc & Mate Hive is designed for maximum efficiency and ease of use.  This nucleus hive can be used to expand your beekeeping operation, to sell bees or as an economical mating hive.
The Nuc & Mate Hive is made of food grade, extra hardened, expanded
polystyrene (EPS) with a density of over 100 kg/m3.  With proper use, the
Nuc & Mate Hive will last for several decades.

The bottom board, hive body and top are manufactured with a 6 mm high notch system which locks the parts firmly into each other.   The design ensures  good ventilation as well as ease of transport and stacking.

The Nuc & Mate Hive has a screen bottom board with two 18 mm high
entrances on opposite sides.  In the middle of the bottom board there is a 7 mm wide groove for the divider board so the hive can be used for two separate mating units. The mesh covering the ventilation hole in the bottom board should be secured with two screws. The groove for the dividing board continues up the end walls as well as along the inside of the hive top. The base has scalloped edges that allow a good ventilation and grip.

With the Nuc & Mate Hive two queens can be mated within the same
box by dividing the six frame hive into two three frame mating units. When using as a mating hive, each three frame compartment should be equipped with one frame with emerging brood, one frame containing food
(or a frame feeder) and one foundation frame together with a ripe queen
cell or hatched queen. When the queen is laying, the unit can be reused
for mating another queen. In autumn, the divider is removed and the six
frame colony is overwintered with a young queen.  Then, by the next season,
these nuclei will evolve into valuable honey producing hives.

Paradise Nuc&Mate 5L Feeder with 2 x plexy covers to fit your Nuc&Mate Hive.

Double ended feeding to allow for two nucs per box.

Made from lightweight but strong EPS100 expanded polystyrene that integrates seamlessly into the beehive.  Easy to install and remove when feeding is required.

Paradise Nuc&Mate Division Board turns your Nuc&Mate into a twin breeding colony with 3 frames in each.  When over-wintering, division board is easily removed to allow a 6-frame colony to survive safely.

Quantity price-breaks are available on this product – see below for details.

Paradise Nuc&Mate Entrance Reducers are used to narrow the opening to protect your new colonies or to completely close one end if you are only raising one colony per box.

Hive World supplies the Queen Trap System as part of the Paradise range.  It fits the Paradise bee boxes perfectly of course.  However you can still use with the regular timber supers, it just overhangs the edges.

The Queen Trap System works by providing an additional opening for the bees above the queen excluder allowing the beekeeper to close off the lower entrance to the brood box.  This therefore keeps the queen safe inside and unable to swarm.

Hive World’s Plastic Frame Complete features:

• 33mm wide Hoffman frame – the generally accepted New Zealand size.
• Available in 3/4 and full depth.
• Choose from plain or waxed when purchasing.
• Manufactured from Certified Virgin Quality plastic.
• Plastic is the most durable and cost effective method of foundation.
• Plastic frames last much longer than wax foundation as they handle the extraction process without blowing out.
• Preserves the good drawn comb thereby saving the bees energy.  Hence the bees are able to produce more honey.
• Our black plastic frame clearly shows the larvae and eggs in the cells, making your hive examination quicker and more straightforward.
• Sold in Carton of 50

This handy pollen shovel easily scoops up your pollen harvest for collection or storage until the bees need it.  The two flat sides enable you to get right into the corners.  Lightweight, easy to use tool.

The pollen trap is an easy, economical way to harvest pollen. Pollen can then be fed to bees when natural sources of pollen are scarce.

You can also collect pollen to sell as a sideline.  Pollen must be frozen or dried to ensure it doesn’t go mouldy.

Always ensure your bees have enough for their own needs before harvesting.  It is advisable to leave the pollen trap on your hives for a 2 weeks on/2 weeks off rotation allowing the bees to collect sufficient stocks for the hive.  Springtime is generally the best time for this as the bees collect far more than they need during this period.

Hive World’s Portable Entrance Feeder for external feeding through the entrance.

This is a simple, quick to use method for effective feeding without having to open the hive lid.  All you need is a soft drink bottle to screw into the feeder and your bees can help themselves.  It is easy to see how much the bees have taken without disturbing the hive.

This is also a safe and effective way to provide water for your bees in times of drought.

Be aware that you need to watch out for robbing when using this method to feed sugar syrup because it is accessible from outside the hive.