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Beekeeping Supplies, Top Bar Hives, Nucleus Colonies, Local Queen Bees
The "Cornish Bee Trough" top bar hive shown here with flat roof
Top Bar Hive
with gabled roof and legs
Top Bar Hive
shown with roof removedTop Bar Hive
detail of top bar design
Top Bar Hive
showing moveable end board
Top Bar Hive
showing varroa screen
Top Bar Hive
sliding, removable floor
Top Bar Hive
observation panel
Top Bar Hive
observation window
Top Bar Hive

Top Bar Hive

Before keeping bees, make sure you know what you're doing.

Book a beekeeping course.

"Cornish Bee Trough" Top Bar Hive

Design advantages compared to a 'normal beehive'

  • less disturbance to the bees
  • only 1 hive needed, even when 'splitting'
  • no lifting of heavy boxes
  • bees build their own natural comb
  • no need to buy frames or wax foundation
  • no extra hive equipment needed
  • no honey extractor needed
  • sustainable timber construction, supplied untreated
  • floor design enables easy Varroa monitoring
  • hand made by me in Cornwall

This is the ideal hive for back garden bee keeping

email me if you have any queries.

Cornish Bee Trough, 39" long, 17" wide, 12" deep

- £150

includes:

  • varroa screen and sliding, removable solid floor
  • insulated gabled roof
  • adjustable entrances at both ends keep the hive warm
  • moveable end board enables the hive to be split
  • 26 especially designed top bars dipped with our beeswax to help straight comb building

Cornish Top Bar Hive - £150 + £25 P&P to UK & Europe

Cornish Top Bar Hive + Legs - £170 + £25 P&P to UK & Europe

Cornish Top Bar Hive + Observation Window & Panel - £170 + £25 P&P to UK & Europe

Cornish Top Bar Hive + Observation Window & Panel + Legs - £190 + £25 P&P to UK & Europe

Extras:

Beeswax & Linseed Oil Treatment 340g jar- £5

Spare Top Bars (x10) - £25

Top Bar Nucleus/Mating/Swarm Hive - £45

supplied with 7 top bars, insulated roof and mesh floor

Top Bar Hive

To avoid disappointment order early before spring.

Nucleus and Package Honey bee colonies
Nucleus Honeybee Colonies

Normally available from late June. To avoid disappointment order early before spring.
5 frame nucleus colony on BS frames or
top bars complete with first year locally reared queen, costs £150, collection only.
Place an order by email.

Cornish bred Queen Bees
Queen Bees

Normally available from late June. To avoid disappointment order early before spring.
These are locally reared queen bees and not imported. Marked & caged £25.

Place an order by email.

Before keeping bees, make sure you know what you're doing. Book a beekeeping course.

Cornish Beekeeping Course
INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING COURSE

*ONLINE OR BY POST*
You'll receive 12 monthly articles detailing all the techniques needed to care for your own bees. Covers the life cycle and biology of the honeybee, disease recognition and integrated pest management, swarm control and queen bee rearing. Richly illustrated with photographs, you will be taken step by step through the bee keeping year. I can send the articles by email or post to you or someone else. I can also send the articles weekly if you prefer, ideal for winter study. Includes on-line support.

Find out more, other courses available

Adopt a Cornish Bee Hive Gift Card
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Adopt a Cornish Bee Hive.

  • You'll receive a newsletter every month full of fascinating facts and pictures explaining what is going on inside your adopted hive over a whole year.
  • Discover the hidden and complex world of the honey bee, find out why bees swarm and where their honey comes from.
  • An educational and ethical gift for anybody interested in bees, honey and the natural world in Cornwall.
  • A perfect introduction to the bee hive and beekeeping without the sting!

One of our Queens - can you see her?


Without parallel frames supplied by the beekeeper, the bees do their own thing and build wild comb
Without parallel guides supplied by the beekeeper, the bees do their own thing and build wild comb

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