We are a very small family company offering you this great beekeeping starter kit with Turkish Pine beehive, Frames, wax foundation, suit, smoker, and other useful tools. Altogether 14 different items. Please check the list below.
The suit is professional, 3 layered ventilated suit. Market price for it is more than £100. we can change it to basic suit if you want a cheaper version (£50 cheaper)
Our beehives made from sustainable forests without the use of any chemicals or glues in manufacturing with a great story behind it. Please read the details of the beehive you are just about to buy below. If there is any issue with the hives always contact us. We check our messages regularly. We will post with next day delivery curriers.
When buying a whole set starter pack you will receive:
1- National beehive Real Turkish Pine, flat packed- includes:
· Brood Box x 1
· Super Box x 2
· Metal frame runners for brood and super boxes
· Crown board with 2 cut-outs- wooden bound with bee-space in one side
· 4” roof with galvanised metal cover
· Varroa Floor (including top quality aluminium mesh) with slide out inspection tray
· Entrance block with summer and winter holes
· Wire Queen excluder - wooden bound with bee-space in one side (not the cheap metal or plastic ones like seen in the market).
· Complete set of assembly instructions
2- 10 DN4 brood frames
3- 20 SN4 super frames
4- 10 wired brood wax foundation
5- 20 super wired wax foundation
6- Professional, three layers, ventilated, sting proof suit with fencing veil
7- Stainless steel smoker
8- Steel beehive tool
9- Frame grip , metal tool
10- Leather gloves
11- Queen catcher
12- Bee escape porters
13- Feeder, 1 litre
14- Bee brush
NOTE: In this order you will not receive glue, nails or bees
Free postage anywhere in mainland UK. All items posted the next working day. In or around London same day delivery possible (please message us for details).
We sell equipment to Ireland with additional postage fees
Scottish Highlands require additional postage fees depending on the postcode.
100% customer satisfaction: We received a lot of fantastic feedback from our customers for our service and quality of our product. If you buy from us you will be the next happy beekeeper.
One customer said we were “the best sellers on Ebay, prompt, honest and always ready to answer questions.”
Another expert beekeeper who has 150 beehives said “I don’t know if you are aware of it or not but you are not selling beehives. You are selling the best beehives with a great story behind it. Therefore the price is bargain. I don’t want discount from you. I just want 10 more please”. I told him I am a professional historian and know the story well J
Another beekeeper from Wales said “you have no competitor as yours are superior to anything I saw in our land. I feel happy for my bees”
One London beekeeper who is artist turned our beehive in to her art work and send us the picture (the colourful one as you can see)
A very experienced Scottish beekeeper said workmanship on the woodwork is amazing and the price for this type of wood is the best on the market).
National Beehives are the most popular beehive in the UK. Cedar beehives are a number one choice for beekeeper in the UK as well.
STORY BEHIND THIS BEEHIVE:
What is so special about Turkish white pine wood?
The evergreen white pine or ladin in Turkish belongs to the pine family and is one of the most common conifers. It can reach up to 50 meters and therefore it is the highest local tree in Turkey. The trunk can be up to 2 meters thick. It is characterized by a straight and rapid growth and it adapts easily to its natural environment. These trees can last about 200 years.
The white pine wood of the Black Sea is very light light-coloured when untreated and turns into a yellowish-brown when exposed to sunlight. Turkish White Pine can be worked very well and widely used in production of furniture and beehives. White pine is the most common wood used in beehives in the Black Sea region of Turkey where the climate is nearly the same as the UK. Anzer Honey produced in Black Sea in ladin beehives. White pine grows in many parts of the country but especially the Black Sea region. We used Kastamonu white pine in our beehives. Historically this area was called Paphlagonia and was known as the main source of shipyard timber from Romans to Ottomans.
We tried to use as much knot free wood as possible. It has small amount of resin and takes many oil base finishes and paintings. Glue bonding and surface treatment properties are good. Even left untreated the white pine very rarely allows moisture to pass through. It is known to be good at ventilation for beehives. The wood is durable on facades. It is mown properly and does not bend easily. You will like the handsome look on your beehive for sure.
Sustainability: An ethical corporation.
Each timber purchased is officially checked for sustainability purposes before reaching our manufacturing plant. We pride ourselves as an ethically aware, environmentally conscious supplier. We never buy timber unless we personally have verified the source and checked the credentials of the supplier.
100% natural and chemical free.
There’s another reason why our Turkish White Pine beehives smell like the forest, and why you should insist on our product. Our beehives are made from 100% natural wood, nothing added, and guaranteed without the use of any chemicals. We very rarely used wood filler to cover some capillary cracks. They are produced by local carpenters who use traditional methods as well as modern machinery (they sundry the wood first). Each beehive is made from a single piece of timber and so we do not rely on machine pressing (edge joining) which involves chemicals and strong glues.
Make it your own: Your beehive, your finish.
Of course, the choice of finish is your choice, and you should have it exactly as you wish. You can retain the beehive in its natural, untreated state, or use linseed or teak oil (or any other finishes) to give them a personal touch that suits your taste and surroundings.
Whether you are an experienced beekeeper, or a novice, give your bees the best and choose a real wood beehive today. On behalf of HoBee we thank you for your custom.