Upstairs Downstairs Hive Intrance Starter kit

Upstairs Downstairs Hive Intrance Starter kitThe Upstairs Downstairs Hive Intrance is a new innovation developed by beekeepers Filipe Salbany and Norman Guiver. This product rethinks the way our bees enter hives and better replicates what occurs in a naturally occurring hive. The pack comes with 4 intrance baffles, 3 are fitted inside a brood box and 1 in a super box (cold way). The pack contains: 1 X Forstner drill bit 4 x Intrance baffles 4 x Ventilated Plugs 4x Solid Plugs Screws,

The Upstairs Downstairs Hive Intrance is a new innovation developed by beekeepers Filipe Salbany and Norman Guiver. This product rethinks the way our bees enter hives and better replicates what occurs in a naturally occurring hive.

The pack comes with 4 intrance baffles, 3 are fitted inside a brood box and 1 in a super box (cold way). 

The pack contains:

1 X Forstner drill bit

4 x Intrance baffles

4 x Ventilated Plugs

4x Solid Plugs

Screws, Instructions 

Benefits

• Designed to replicate a natural hive entrance
• Allows for 360 degree defending of the entrance
• Doesn’t let any pest over 7mm in (wasps, hornets, rodents, reptiles)
• Foragers are able to deliver nectar directly to the super and brood boxes which can be run “cold way” whilst maintaining warmth within
• Reduces energy expended by bees moving around the hive
• Reduces draughts through the hive
• Can treat for varroa without opening the hive
• Reduces traffic through the brood box thus reducing swarming
• Increased ventilation
• Easy to block up to protect or move hive