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Alliance Beekeepers Woodware

We are a major distributor of Alliance Quality Woodware including Hive Bodies (Storeys), Frames, Hive Mats, Bottom Boards.

Storeys:

All hives are constructed using a sturdy 21= mm Radiata Pine, stiffened and hardened using some of the timber industries most advanced and proven seasoning techniques.

Grade Comparison:

Premium: Completely free of defects. These are the finest quality storeys.

Standard: These storeys contain only tight knots which guarantees the integrity of the hive while providing a cheaper alternative to Premium. These are high performance / low cost storeys.

Budget: Manufactured primarily for the packaging and transport of full frames, but are often used as honey boxes. Can have small holes up to 20 mm and edge knots are common in these budget storeys.

Storey Depths:

  • Full Depth: 240 mm
  • 3/4 Depth: 185 mm
  • Ideal 1/2 Depth: 146 mm

Frames:

Hoffman Style:

Top Bar – 16 mm
End Bar Length

– Full Depth 230 mm
– 3/4 Depth 180 mm
– Ideal Half Depth 135 mm

End Bar Width – 33 mm or 35 mm, 3 hole or 4 hole.
Bottom Bar

– 10 mm plain
– 10 mm grooved

Manley:
End Bar Length – Full Depth 230 mm
– 3/4 Depth 180 mm
Top and bottom bars as above.

Other Woodware:

  • Commercial Bottom Boards
  • Reversible Bottom Boards
  • Hive Mats
  • Excluder Frames
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