Ventilated hive base complete with removable corflute sheet to reduce draughts in winter and useful for varroa check.

Quality stainless steel mesh insert.

Sturdy H4 treated bearers for long life.

Assembled ready to use.

HiveGate is an investment in the health of your hive.  This entrance adaptor enables your colonies to maintain a healthy environment and cope with intruders such as wasps even in cold weather or when the colony is not up to full strength.

Helps promote strong, productive colonies with fewer losses as the bees spend less energy defending the hive and controlling the environment.

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.

The metal bee escape is a great option if you like to paraffin dip your harvest boards.  It provides a short, easy route for the bees to leave the honey super.

Use on a 40 or 50mm thick hive-mat rim to provide ample room for the bees to leave the supers you wish to harvest.

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.

Paradise 10L Feeder to use with your Paradise hiveware.

Ergonomic design fits seamlessly between your beebox and the hive lid.

Supplied with 1 x polycarbonate bee saver.

Pricing breaks available for 10 x product, 50 x product and 100 x product.  Please contact us for quotation either on phone:  0800 000 770 or email: [email protected]

Paradise Hive Bottom with Aluminium net for Varroa control.

Sturdy EPS100 Polystyrene construction to support your Paradise Bee Boxes.

Paradise Entrance Reducer complete with 2 shutters is an essential part of your Paradise Hive.  The sliding shutters enable you to narrow the entrance if the hive is weak to allow it to defend itself.  The reducer also prevents rodents from entering the hive.

Paradise Hive Top with two belt supports fits snugly over your Paradise hive thanks to its ergonomic design.

Cavity on the underside allows room for placement of pollen patties on the frames of the bee box.  Hardened edges protect top from damage from the hive strap.

Paradise Langstroth Body + 4 plastic profiles to protect the edges.  Available in Full Depth or 3/4 Depth sizes.

A long-lasting lightweight option for your hiveware.  Paradise EPS100 (Expanded Polystyrene) is an amazingly strong product that will last up to 30 years.  Its excellent thermal performance provides a healthy environment for your bees all year round.  Keeps the cold and damp out through winter and protects the hive from excessive heat in the summer.

As a result, your bees can use their energy to build up the honey reserves and expand the hive early in the season as they are not wasting their energy keeping the hive at an ambient temperature.

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.