Packaging

Hive World’s 70 litre Honey Tank with heater is a great way to warm your honey gently ready for bottling.  This tank is also useful for separating wax cappings from honey. Also can be used for soap making.

Thermostatically controlled water jacket ensures your honey is not overheated.

This tank can be turned into a creamer/mixer by adding the mixer kit https://www.hiveworld.co.nz/product/honey-mixer-creamer-adjustable-to-suit-a-range-of-tank-sizes/   

Apibox Maxi is an easy-to-use system for preparing honeycomb for sale.  It uses a 35mm wide basswood frame (wide enough to hold two rows of containers), and special PET food grade recyclable plastic boxes that fit neatly in your super either with your regular frames or as a whole super load.

When the boxes are filled out all you need to do is simply close the lid on each packet and you have 24 attractively presented packs of comb honey for sale.  The sections hold up to 125g of comb honey in each.  We also supply the replacement packs of 24 boxes to use in your frame next time.

The usual precautions for producing comb honey remain:

• Do not harvest comb after the end of December in tutin areas.
• Always ensure the honey is tested before sale.
• To produce the best quality comb honey you must insert your boxes right at the peak of the honey flow so the bees fill out the comb quickly.

See our blog on comb honey for more information – https://www.hiveworld.co.nz/comb-honey-production/

Hive World’s Bee Motif Ribbon is a cute way to decorate your packages or clothing or for use as a hair ribbon.

We sell it by the metre so simply specify how many metres you require.

Alex Clark design Bee Gift Wrap for the complete authentic look for your beekeeper’s gift.

Choose from either a yellow or white background.  Gift wrap measures 500mm x 700mm.

Section Cases for presenting your wooden English Comb Honey sections for sale or protecting them for dispatch.

These cardboard cases are made with a window for displaying your product.

Sold as 1 x pack of 28.

Cellophane bags in packs of 28 to protect your comb sections and prevent leakage in the cardboard cases.  These bags will enhance your product while protecting the honeycomb for the market.

Ensure your product is untainted and well presented.  Place the comb section inside the bag and then fit it snugly inside the cardboard cover.

Hive World supplies these premium English wooden comb sections in packs of 28.

Requires  thin wax foundation 105 x 105mm:  https://www.hiveworld.co.nz/product/pre-cut-beeswax-for-comb-honey/

Supplied as a flat pack. Before folding the sections into shape, dampen the timber.  This will soften it and prevent breaking the edges. (see page 212 of the Practical Beekeeping in  New Zealand book)

Full Depth Thin Super Wax foundation  422 x 212mm

This beeswax foundation is ideal for comb honey.  It is especially suitable for lining cassettes to provide a foundation comb layer for the bees to draw out.

Sold in packs of 10 x sheets.

750mls (1 kg) hexagonal jar made in New Zealand from clear PET with black tamper proof lid.  These quality jars are sold in packs of 4 for your convenience.

Hive World supplies this strong stainless steel honey gate for long-life use.  It will provide you with a hygienic solution to your honey movement applications.

Inner diameter measurement is 37mm.

Hive World now stocks two sizes of plastic honey gate:

The HCM-HG-1 honey gate has an outside diameter of 44 mm and an inside diameter of 37mm while the Italian style HCM-HG-2 has a 48mm outside diameter with a 40mm inner.

You can turn any container into a honey container with one of these easy to install economical additions.

Hive World supplies this sturdy presentation bag made from natural hessian with topstitched handles and clear plastic display windows.

Holds 3 x 500g Jars for a lovely gift presentation or for display marketing.

N.B.  Honey not included!

Hive World supplies these natural hessian presentation bags to hold 2 x 500g jars of honey.  The natural look enhances your natural product – a styley way of displaying your product.

N.B. Honey not included!

For quantity price-breaks see our bulk-buy offer:  https://www.hiveworld.co.nz/product/jute-bags-bulk-buy-offer/

Hive World supplies this natural hessian bag suitable for 3 x 250g jars.  This styley presentation bag features integral topstitched jute handles and clear plastic display windows to show off your product in the trendiest way.

For multiple purchase see our bulk-buy offer:  https://www.hiveworld.co.nz/product/jute-bags-bulk-buy-offer/

N.B. Honey not included.

Kraft paper bags are sold in packs of 6.  They measure 260mm wide and 320mm high.

An eco-friendly alternative to the infamous plastic bag!

Perfection Honey gate manufactured in France by Thomas Apiculture.  Available in three sizes:  32mm, 40 mm, 50 mm.

The Perfection Honey Gate used worldwide is a model of French ingenuity and efficiency.  Developed by Thomas Apiculture’s own design team, its unique “drip-cutter” principle allows clean accurate honey filling.  The elbow on the outlet pipe slows down the stream of honey to allow greater control.   The improved leak-proof adjustable spring-loaded cut-off valve will outlast any other gate’s performance.  It cuts off the honey flow cleanly, making jar filling an easy job.  Equipped with an ergonomic handle for easier control of the honey flow.  The 32 and 40mm gates come with seal and nut to fit any extractor, pail or honey tank.  The 50mm is designed to use in your large drum and therefore doesn’t require seal and nut.

This is the ORIGINAL Perfection Honey-gate manufactured in France:   Don’t be tempted by vastly inferior copies.

Product +

• Internationally renowned
• Optimizes the filling
• Facilitates bottling
• Easy grip – ergonomic handle
• Long lasting, virtually unbreakable
• 32 mm requires a 42mm hole
• 40 requires a 47 mm hole
• 50 will fit into the 50BSP thread in a 200 litre drum.

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.

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.

Square clear honey jars with white tamper evident lids and pressure seal.

Available in two sizes 200ml (250 gram) and 400ml (500 gram)

These jars are manufactured in NZ and are the best quality available.

Sold in quantities of 10.

For large quantity pricing please enquire.

Bee design Stand Out Stickers are perfect for use in cards, on picture frames as well as scrapbook pages and other craft projects.  3D Paper sculpture bees will give your gift presentation that extra pizzazz!