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Roofs<br />
Roofs are isolating upper part of the hive.<br />
There are two types of roofs: tall and short.<br />
Thanks to high edges (several centimeters) there is more<br />
space above crown board / inner cover.<br />
This enables placing feeder or feeding jars in the upper<br />
part which normally remains empty.<br />
There are four vent-holes on each side of the roof which<br />
have the same size as holes in the hive body.<br />
Crown boards<br />
Crown board is protecting upper part of bee nest. It has a<br />
form of flat plate with thick edges.<br />
On the crown board surface there are 5 to 9 round vent-<br />
-holes.<br />
Plastic ‚spiders’ can be placed inside vent-holes or vent-<br />
-holes can be closed with Styrofoam plugs. Crown board<br />
is the most important part of a beehive which is responsible<br />
for ventilation of a bee nest.<br />
Ventilation intensity can be controlled by opening or closing<br />
vent-holes in the crown board’s surface.<br />
Bees can be fed from “twist” jars with syrup or fed<br />
through round holes in crown board. In order to do that,<br />
closed jars with perforated lids should be placed ‘bottom<br />
up’ on “spiders” in crown board’s holes.<br />
Crown board in the Styrofoam<br />
hives is the most important part that<br />
ventilates bee nest. “Spider” mesh<br />
except its ventilating function works<br />
as excellent propolis trap. The purity<br />
of propolis which is harvested this<br />
way is 1st class and does not require<br />
further purification.<br />
Hive bodies<br />
Hive body – Honey super<br />
Honey super body is used for storing honey. Such body (depending on the frame<br />
size in brood box) is usually half lower and has half lower capacity than brood box.<br />
Honey super has following application:<br />
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it increases hive capacity during transport,<br />
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it is possible to place insulating material or feeder inside the body,<br />
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it increases ventilation if it is placed between bottom board and brood box where<br />
bee colony is wintering.<br />
Apart from complete, ready to use styrofoam bodies, some of the producers offer<br />
self-assembly bodies in which all parts that can be screwed together.<br />
Before assembling, hive has relatively small size, what is especially important<br />
during transport from a producer to the customer.<br />
Hive body which is screwed with bolts has lower flexibility and has lower stress<br />
sensitivity.<br />
In case of small damages, there is no need of replacing whole body as there is<br />
possibility of replacing only damaged wall. Brood boxes, honey supers (bodies)<br />
and bottom boards are produced with and without notches.<br />
Brood boxes<br />
(Brood boxes) house nest of bee colony. In most of the beehives they serve as honey<br />
super (honey ‘storehouse’). In the brood box there are 10 brood frames. Each<br />
styrofoam body is equipped with vent-hole.<br />
If needed vent-hole can be closed with trapeze-shaped plastic ventilation cap with<br />
perforation or tight styrofoam cap.<br />
In the outside part of the hive bodies there are grooves which enable easy grasping<br />
and transportation.<br />
Single parts of<br />
beehive have reinforced<br />
notches<br />
in the corners<br />
which facilitate<br />
chisel insertion.<br />
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