Complete National Hive with Live Bees – Beginner Package (1½ Brood Version: Deep + Half Brood Chamber) - DEPOSIT £200 FULL PRICE £800

COLLECTION MAY 2026

FULL PRICE £800 – DEPOSIT £200 (remainder due on collection)

This complete British National beehive comes fully assembled and stocked with a live colony — perfect for beginners ready to start straight away.

National hives are ideal for new beekeepers thanks to their single-walled design and long frame lugs, which make inspections easier and more secure.

🐝 What Makes This Package Special

• Deep Brood Box pre-filled with a healthy, established colony from our Surrey apiary (mated queen, brood at all stages, worker bees, drones, and stores).
• Extra Half-Depth Brood Chamber (1½ Brood setup) for easier colony expansion.
• Beginner-friendly extras including dummy boards, frame spacers, feeding eke, mouseguard, and organic varroa treatment.
• Handmade in our own workshop from British Western Red Cedar, durable and bee-friendly.
• Unlimited aftercare support from an experienced beekeeper with 50+ years in hive-making and beekeeping.

📦 What’s Included

• One Deep Brood Box with full colony (11 frames + dummy board)
• One Half-Depth Brood Chamber with 10 frames (foundation wax) + dummy
• Varroa-control open mesh floor
• Wooden Queen Excluder (correct bee space)
• One Honey Super with 10 frames (foundation wax)
• One Crown Board
• One Feeding Eke (also doubles as a shallow honey super)
• Metal-covered roof (choice of gabled or flat, 4" deep)
• One organic varroa treatment
• One mouseguard
• Full instructions

🚚 Collection

• Collection only from RH9 8DF.
• Hive will be sealed and safe for transport — only the floor and brood box contain bees.