Hiveware
Hive World stocks all your hiveware essentials. Check out our product range below with your choice of componentry to suit your chosen method.Hives:
From complete starter kits (including suit and essential tools) through additional hives, ready-to-go supers to individual componentry. Also, check out our Paradise EPS hives for extra thermal support for your bees.Hive Accessories:
Seasonal accessories to assist your apiary through the year (queen excluders, entrance reducers etc.)Frames and Frame Assembly:
Your choice of wooden frames and beeswax or plastic in the frame department.Harvesting:
Comb Honey options, escape boards and our Big Brute harvest tool.Feeders:
All you need to ensure you can supply your bees with the extras they need to survive and thrive from top feeders through frame feeders to entrance feeders.Section Divider
$40.87
Hive World sells these 4 section size Plastic Section Dividers in packs of 8 to place between each row of sections in your section rack. This prevents bees making brace comb and ensures an attractive level capping for each comb section.
Suitable for Langstroth as well as Dadant, National and WBC racks.
These dividers are easy to clean and have no sharp corners. Most importantly they are “warmer” for the bees.
Manufactured in 1mm polystyrene.
Priced per 8 dividers.
Section Rack complete
$182.61
Hive World supplies a complete comb honey package for you including the wooden section rack with support base and spring clips and 28 wooden comb sections (for you to assemble) with thin wax foundation squares to enclose and cardboard cases for the finished product. Also included are 8 x plastic dividers to keep your comb nice and clean.
This is the premium way of producing comb honey with the traditional wooden frames. For best results put the sections on in the peak honey flow so the bees build quickly.
Do be aware of the danger of tutin poisoning if you are wanting to do this north of Kaikoura and in the North Island – best to avoid comb honey production from January through to July if you are in a tutin risk area. Look up the MPI Compliance Guide for the food standard for more information – https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/20489/send
Some photos courtesy of Arron Baker.
Stainless steel varroa mesh
$10.00
Hive World supplies stainless steel varroa mesh cut to size to fit your hive base.
Measurement: 330mm x 370mm.
8 (2.5mm) mesh size
Varroa mesh assists your varroa elimination by allowing varroa removed by bees self-grooming to fall through but preventing them from climbing back into the hive. Allows you to check the varroa fall regularly and ensure your current treatment is having the optimal effect.
Timber Frames Assembled and Wired
$33.00
These quality timber frames are manufactured from NZ pine with stainless steel wire and 3 staples holding each side to the 34mm wide top bar.
Available in Full Depth (4 wires).
Minimum order quantity: 10.
We also have available –
- Medium Duty foundation for Brood and general use
- Thin Foundation for comb honey
https://www.hiveworld.co.nz/product-category/beeswax/foundation/
Top Feeder with Lid
$13.65
Hive World’s 6 Litre Top Feeder comes complete with lid and bee saver.
The top feeder is the easiest style of feeder for the beekeeper to manage and is commonly used by commercial beekeepers.
Our model comes with a fitted lid to keep the sugar syrup clean and provide extra protection for the bees. It also prevents the bees getting into the sugar syrup if you are simply sitting the feeder on top of the frames.
However, we recommend placing the feeder on top of the hive mat and making a small hole to allow the bees access to the feeder. You are then able to remove the hive lid and refill the feeder without bees getting into the syrup. The fitted bee saver prevents the bees from drowning when they are accessing the syrup.
Our 1/3 Depth Super is specially made to go with the top feeder and give you space on top of the hive for the feeder to sit. Purchased separately –https://www.hiveworld.co.nz/product/top-feeder-rim/
For quantity pricing please contact us.
Wax Foundation Medium Brood
$22.60 – $26.90
Beeswax medium brood foundation.
The all round general purpose grade for brood and honey. Made of pure New Zealand beeswax, this will make your bees hum as they get to work to draw out the comb.
Use with our Drilled Timber Kitset Frames or our ready-wired frames.
Price shown is for 10 sheets.
Plastic Frame complete
$39.90 – $51.70
Hive World supplies Plastic Frame complete manufactured from Virgin Plastic. They are excellent if you are wanting to be able to re-use your frames (which in today’s eco-sensitive world is an essential).
They are 33mm wide frames and should be waxed before use to enable the bees to draw out the comb. We sell either waxed or plain options of 3/4 and Full Depth frames for your convenience.
Sols in packs of 10
See our wax sprayer video for a do-it-yourself option:https://www.hiveworld.co.nz/product/viseco-duoline/
Plastic Foundation Insert
$16.00 – $26.00
Hive World’s Full Depth Plastic Foundation Insert fits neatly into Grooved Timber Frames.
Available in Full depth or 3/4 Depth, choose from plain or pre-waxed. Sold in packs of 10.
Plastic foundation needs to be waxed to encourage the bees to draw out the comb. This is an economical way of providing for your hives as beeswax foundation is becoming an increasingly costly option. Plastic is more robust than wax foundation therefore it can handle the extraction process repeatedly.
Timber Kitset Frames Drilled
$2.48
These kitset drilled timber frames are made from New Zealand pine.
Available in full depth only
They come ready to assemble with pre-drilled holes to insert your rivets (to prevent the wire cutting the timber) and thread the wire through. These are the original favourite and most natural style of Langstroth frame for the bees therefore they have no problems in drawing out the comb.
We also sell the wire, rivets and beeswax foundation for you to completely ready your frames.Sold in packs of 10.
For quantity pricing please contract us.
