10F WSP Wooden Beehive – Brood plus Supers, Painted

A complete 10-frame WSP wooden beehive, ready to go

Brood box, super, bottom board and vented lid – all assembled and painted, so the hive can go straight into the apiary. Start with one super and add more as the colony builds up.

22mm New Zealand pine, secured with screws

The boxes are prime, knot-free seasoned New Zealand pine, 22mm thick, with accurately machined rebated corners, glued and screwed with galvanised steel screws – not nails or staples – and four hand grips make a full box easier to lift.

Painted and ready to go

The boxes are painted with two coats of quality acrylic, ready to go into the field. (This 10-frame WSP range is painted only, not wax dipped.)

Choose your bottom board

Marine Ply – a fully assembled marine ply base with solid cleats and wood risers, hot wax dipped for longevity. Simple and hard-wearing.

Apimaye Type-G – a multifunction base made for 10-frame wooden hives. Its pest drawer catches Varroa, small hive beetle and wax moth larvae that fall through (use it with a sticky mat or a light film of oil), it has a built-in pollen trap, the entrance opens, closes and adjusts in width, and the grill design ventilates the hive in hot weather while helping remove moisture when it is cold.

Migratory lid with vents

The commercial design migratory wax dipped and painted cover incorporates a Galvabond metal top and four vents.

Specifications

• Size: 10-frame, WSP brood box
• Supers: one WSP selected
• Timber: knot-free seasoned New Zealand pine, 22mm
• Finish: painted, 2 coats quality acrylic
• Construction: glued and screwed with galvanised steel screws
• Hand grips: four per box
• Bottom board: Marine Ply or Apimaye Type-G
• Queen Excluder and Frames selected separately