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Catalogue of Beekeeping Equipment 2020 Professional beekeepers, manufacturers and retailers est.1953 NEW products for 2020 Catalogue of Beekeeping Equipment 2020 Introduction Welcome to Maisemore Apiaries Ltd Honey House & Storage Maisemore Apiaries began when Leo and Leslie Hiam started keeping bees as a hobby, when the Second World War began they had to go and help the war effort so the bees were left to their own devices, on their return they increased the number of bees and Shop began to make beekeeping equipment. Now Maisemore Apiaries is still a family run and owned business, looked after by Eric, Johnathan The Environment and Mark Hiam, we now have approx. 1000 hives of All the timber used in making our bee hives and bees all in standard National hives around Hereford, hive parts come from sustainable forests around the Worcester and Gloucestershire, our hives are used world. for pollination of all fruits and arable crops and honey Wood waste is all recycled, production. saw dust and shavings We are based in Maisemore, Gloucester and are still are all bagged in our plant working from some of the same buildings that Leo and used as bedding for and Leslie worked in, we now supply all of the UK and pets and horses, timber off Ireland and indeed all the world. cuts are used as firewood. Our shop is full of all the beekeeping equipment that We also now manufacture is practical and essential to beekeeping, we are open wooden briquettes for open six days a week, normally with a beekeeper on hand fires, ovens, chimeneas, to answer all your questions. woodburning stoves and bbqs at an amazing price of £3.50 per 10kg when Opening Hours collected from our premises. Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm Last year we bought a machine for recycling Saturday (March to September) 9am - 1pm cardboard, old cardboard boxes are collected from Saturday (October - February) CLOSED local shops and used as loose fill/packaging for all Sunday & Bank Holidays CLOSED mail orders. th 14 March - CLOSED for Beetradex Show We cater for everyone from the smallest 4th April - CLOSED for Harper Adams Convention hobbyist to the serious professional We will be closed for Christmas 2019 from 24th December 2019 to 2nd January 2020. MAISEMORE APIARIES LTD Purchase your Beekeeping Supplies Securely at Bees-Online. Old Road, Maisemore, Gloucester GL2 8HT co.uk. Most major credit cards taken, with Thawte® 128 bit Tel: (01452) 700289 Fax: (01452) 700196 Encryption, your personal details are SAFE & SECURE. Email: [email protected] We accept www.bees-online.co.uk www.woodenbriquettes.co.uk ® Find us on Apologies but we cannot accept American Express Facebook & Twitter (01452)700289 www.bees-online.co.uk www.woodenbriquettes.co.uk [email protected] Contents WE WILL BE HAVING OUR Starter Kits 2 Packaged Rock Bottom Bee Hives 3 HALF-DAY SALE Contents AT MAISEMORE APIARIES, Bees on Comb, Queens/Honey & Books 4 OLD ROAD, MAISEMORE, Cedar Hives & Hive Parts 5 GLOUCESTER, GL2 8HT Poly Hives, Nucs & Parts 10 ON SAT 27TH JUNE 2020 Frames 16 FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED OF LIMITED STOCKS Beeswax Foundation 18 Clothing 20 Shows & Exhibitions 2020 Extraction 24 Visit us at the following exhibitions: Bee Health 34 ULSTER BEEKEEPERS ANNUAL Feeders & Bee Feed 38 CONVENTION* Smokers 42 Friday 14th - Saturday 15th February Greenmount Campus, Co. Antrim, BT41 Hive Tools & Hardware 43 4PS Parts & Accessories 44 BEETRADEX SHOW* Marking & Queen Rearing 50 Saturday 14th March Hall H2, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, Jars, Containers & Cutters 52 CV8 2LG Labels 54 WELSH BEEKEEPERS ANNUAL Order Form 58 CONVENTION* Saturday 28th March Terms & Conditions / Delivery 59 Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, Index 60 Powys, LD2 3SY BBKA SPRING CONVENTION* Look out for our th Saturday 4 April linked products Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NB GIFT VOUCHERS ONE DAY EVENT AT MAISEMORE Available in £5.00, £10.00 and £20.00, an APIARIES* ideal gift to give to a friend or a relative to Saturday 27th June spend as they wish. Old Road, Maisemore, Gloucester, GL2 8HT NATIONAL HONEY SHOW* Thursday 22nd, Fri 23rd, Sat 24th October Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9AJ *PLEASE CONTACT US IN ADVANCE IF YOU WISH TO Cannot be PRE-ORDER & COLLECT ANYTHING FROM THESE EVENTS ABOVE. ORDERS CAN BE PLACED BY PHONE, used at Shows EMAIL, POST OR VIA OUR WEBSITE. & Exhibitions (01452)700289 www.bees-online.co.uk www.woodenbriquettes.co.uk [email protected] 1 Starter Kits Starter Kits We offer two types of starter kits, the National being the most popular hive in the UK and WBC, all frames will interchange between the two hives, available in the flat for self assembly or assembled and sanded ready to go into your desired area of the garden. National Hive Starter Kit (Cedar) • Pair of Standard Leather Gloves (Plain) Grey *select size required A selection of items not to scale, for illustrative Comes with:- purposes only. See description. • Solid Floor & Entrance Block OR Open Mesh • Etna Large Stainless Steel Smoker with Guard Floor *select type required • ½ kg Smoker String • Brood Chamber • Stainless Steel Hive Tool • 11 x DN1 Frames • 4 Pint Rapid Feeder • 11 x Sheets of BS Deep Wired Foundation • Bee Book (Bees at the Bottom of the Garden by • 22 x Plastic Narrow Ends (White) Alan Campion) • Plastic Queen Excluder (Green) OR Slotted Steel • 100G OF FRAME NAILS FREE IF SUPPLIED IN Queen Excluder *select type required FLAT • Super Standard (In Flat) Solid Floor £450.70 • 10 x SN1 Frames 14 x 12 (In Flat) Solid Floor £482.35 • 10 x Sheets of BS Shallow Wired Foundation Standard (In Flat) Open Mesh Floor £460.14 • Pair of 10 Slot Castellated Frame Spacers 14 x 12 (In Flat) Open Mesh Floor £491.79 • Crown Board with Porter Bee Escapes Standard (Made Up) Solid Floor £527.06 • Shallow 4” Roof 14 x 12 (Made Up) Solid Floor £579.23 • Hooded OR Round All-In-One Suit - White, Standard (Made Up) Open Mesh Floor £529.00 Khaki or Sage *select type and size required 14 x 12 (Made Up) Open Mesh Floor £581.16 WBC Hive Starter Kit (Cedar) • Pair of Standard Leather Gloves (Plain) Grey A selection of items not to scale, for illustrative Comes with:- *select size required purposes only. See description. • Solid Floor with Legs OR Open Mesh Floor • Etna Large Stainless Steel Smoker with Guard *select type required • ½ kg Smoker String • Lift with Porch • Stainless Steel Hive Tool • 2 x Lifts • 4 Pint Rapid Feeder • Brood Chamber • Bee Book (Bees at the Bottom of the Garden by • 10 x DN1 Frames Alan Campion) • 10 x Sheets of BS Deep Wired Foundation • 100G OF FRAME NAILS FREE IF SUPPLIED IN • 20 x Plastic Narrow Ends (White) FLAT • Slotted Steel Queen Excluder Standard (In Flat) Solid Floor £581.57 • Super 14 x 12 (In Flat) Solid Floor £611.17 • 10 x SN1 Frames Standard (In Flat) Open Mesh Floor £603.28 • 10 x Sheets of BS Shallow Wired Foundation 14 x 12 (In Flat) Open Mesh Floor £632.89 • Pair of 10 Slot Castellated Frame Spacers Standard (Made Up) Solid Floor £683.87 • Crown Board with Porter Bee Escapes 14 x 12 (Made Up) Solid Floor £731.48 • Roof with Plastic Cones Metal Covered Standard (Made Up) Open Mesh Floor £689.27 • Hooded OR Round All-In-One Suit - White, 14 x 12 (Made Up) Open Mesh Floor £736.88 Khaki or Sage *select type and size required A selection of items not to scale, for illustrative National Poly Hive Starter Kit • Pair of Standard Leather Gloves (Plain) Grey purposes only. See description. Comes with:- * select type and size required • Open Mesh Floor • Etna Large Stainless Steel Smoker with Guard • Brood Chamber • ½ kg Smoker String • 11 x DN1 Frames • Stainless Steel Hive Tool • 11 x Sheets of BS Deep Wired Foundation • 4 Pint Rapid Feeder • 22 x Plastic Narrow Ends (White) • Bee Book (Bees at the Bottom of the Garden by • Plastic Queen Excluder (CREAM) Alan Campion) • 2 x Supers • Economy Hive Strap • 20 x SN1 Frames • 100G OF FRAME NAILS FREE IF SUPPLIED IN • 20 x Sheets of BS Shallow Wired Foundation FLAT • Two Pairs of 10 Slot Castellated Frame Spacers • Crown Board with Porter Bee Escapes Standard (In Flat) £402.66 • Roof Standard (Made Up) £441.16 • Hooded OR Round All-In-One Suit - White, 14 x 12 (In Flat) £419.16 Khaki or Sage * select type and size required 14 x 12 (Made Up) £463.17 2 (01452)700289 www.bees-online.co.uk www.woodenbriquettes.co.uk [email protected] Packaged Rock Bottom Bee Hives inc. VAT (Items cannot be swapped) Rock Bottom National Bee Hive (Cedar) In Flat £172.10 Hive and frames are of second quality and come complete with assembly instructions, hive nails and FREE 100g frame nails, if supplied flat. Made Up £229.85 Hives Comes with:- • Plastic Queen Excluder • Crown Board including Porter Bee • Open Mesh Floor & Entrance Block • 2 Supers with 10 x SN1 Frames in each escapes (Assembled) • 20 Sheets of BS Shallow Wired • Shallow 4” Roof • Brood Chamber with 12 x DN4 Frames Foundation • 12 Sheets of BS Deep Wired • 2 Pairs of 10 Slot Castellated Frame Foundation Spacers Rock Bottom National 14x12 Bee Hive (Cedar) In Flat £198.09 Hive and frames are of second quality and come complete with assembly instructions, hive nails and FREE 100g frame nails, if supplied flat. Made Up £278.94 Comes with:- • 12 Sheets of 14x12 Wired Foundation • 2 Pairs of 10 Slot Castellated Frame Rock Bottom Bee • Open Mesh Floor & Entrance Block • Plastic Queen Excluder Spacers (Assembled) • 2 Supers with 10 x SN1 Frames in each • Crown Board including Porter Bee escapes • 14x12 Brood Chamber • 20 Sheets of BS Shallow Wired • 12 x 14x12 Deep Hoffman Frames Foundation • Shallow 4” Roof Rock Bottom WBC Hive (Cedar) Packaged In Flat £266.81 Hive and frames are of second quality and come complete with assembly instructions, hive nails and FREE 100g frame nails, if supplied flat.
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