Buy equipment - Other accessories...

Haven't found what you were looking for? Here are a few other accessories you may require for your hives and bees. From gimp pins to honey jars, we have everything you need.

Wiring and Hive Marking

Catalogue reference

216. Bradawl for making holes £1.60
217. Wire crimper for tensioning wire £8.50
218. Wire unroller, keeps the wire at exactly the proper tension £15.30
219. Letters for branding iron £18.50
220. Branding iron, includes 5 letters £252.20
221. Frame wiring board £56.40

Containers

Catalogue reference

Plastic Storage Buckets
222. 30lbs approx. £3.50
223. 15lb £2.50
224. 5lb £1.80

Honey Bottles - Collected
225. Best quality, British Standard squat pattern, with gold lacquered caps with flowed in seals. Packed in 1/2 gross (72) cardboard cartons. 1lb sizes, quantity of 1 gross. Carriage extra at cost (owner’s risk only) 1 gross £69.70 1/2 gross £35.80
226. 12oz hex (84 per box) with gold lacquered FIS lids £38.90
226a. 8oz hex (36 per tray) with gold lacquered FIS lids £18.45

1lb Lids, gold lacquered with flowed in seals
227. 1 gross (144) £28.00
228. 1/2 gross (72) £14.50

Sundries

Catalogue reference

229. Nails for hives (sheradised 1 1/2" 0.23kg) £7.00
230. Gimp pins, 3/4" with small heads, for nailing frames (50gms) £1.40
231. Gimp pins, 3/4" with small heads, for nailing frames (450gms packets) £7.40
232. Crate staples, for fixing floors to brood bodies (per 100) £5.40
233. Wood preserver (only the use of "Clear" or "Red Cedar" is recommended) £11.10

Pollen Traps and Drying

Catalogue reference

234. Pollen trap for hive entrance £10.80
235. Hive entrance double pollen trap for under floor £28.20
236. Small pollen dryer £272.40
237. Large pollen drying cabinet £399.80
238. Propolis plastic collection grid. Place on hive like a queen excluder. To clean place in freezer for 24 hours, then flex screen and propolis breaks off. £9.80
239. Refractometer £77.40
240. Queen wasp and hornet trap. To use: place on bricks (one at each corner). Place old brood chamber on trap. Put old wire queen excluder on top of brood box. Bait trap with old fish or meat. Queen wasps and hornets go under brood box and up through funnel to get to the food but cannot get out as they are too large to get through the excluder. Trap can also be baited with old honey. £4.70