Complete Cedar National Hive

• Shallow 4" roof or Deep 8" Roof
• British National Brood Box or 14x12 Brood Box
• 2 British National Supers
• Crownboard with 2 porter bee escape holes (escapes are not included)
• A choice of a harmless plastic queen excluder or a wired queen excluder.
• Open Mesh Floor with entrance block and ply varroa tray fully Assembled
• Choice of with or without stand, picture shows hive with stand*

PLEASE NOTE: This product does not come with frames, foundation or porter bee escapes.

The Deep Roofs are designed so that you can put a rapid feeder or fondant pack directly onto the crown board without the use of an eke.

Our floors are open mesh, giving good ventilation and come with a ply inspection tray for varroa control.

Choosing any of the above options may vary the price. The additional prices can be seen next to each extra and these are added when you add the item to your basket. All prices quoted include vat.

If you would like a stand with alighting board please order your hive without stand and order the stand with alighting board separately.

Hive dimensions for standard national hive:

External hive dimensions - 18 1/8" Square.
Brood Body Depth - 8 7/8"
14" X 12" Brood Body Depth - 12 1/2"
Super Depth - 5 7/8"
The brood box holds 11 frames with a dummy board or 12 frames without.
Based on 11 frames there are around 50,000 cells in the brood chamber
The 14x12 brood chamber with 11 frames in will give 72,000 cells
Bottom Bee Space

Frame Sizes
Top Bar length 17
Deep side bars (brood) 8 ½
14 x12 side bars (brood) 12
Shallow side bars (Super) 5 ½

Foundation sizes
Deep (brood) 13 7/16 x 8
14 x 12 (brood) 13 7/16 x 11 ½
Shallow (super) 13 7/16 x 5