The hive

The hive consists of

1) Floor
This should be an open mesh floor. The mesh allows for the varroa mites to drop out of the hive, and also gives good ventilation.

2)The brood chamber
This is where the brood is reared. Inside the brood box is 11 frame’s of wax

3)Queen excluder
This is a thin piece of metal the size of the brood box.
It has got small holes in just big enough to let the worker bee through, but not the queen as she needs to stay in the brood, or else she will lay in the frames used for honey.

4)Super
This is a smaller box but the same width as the brood chamber, it also has 11 frames, but this is where the bee’s store the honey.

5) Crown board
This is a piece of wood that goes on top of the hive before the roof.
It has got holes in the top that is use for:
1) feeding in autumn
2) clearing the bees out (so that you can take the super away for honey extraction)

6) Roof
Name says it all!

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