Technosetbee Q8 - Queen Mating Complete Hive
The first full-depth 8-chamber polymorphic hive!
Designed with removable dividers to expand or shrink the internal space according your seasonal needs. Adjust to any possible combination, from 8 to 6 to 4 or 2 chambers to mate your queens from spring to fall.
Q8 incorporates an extra layer of insulation. Overwinter safely a stock of mated queens and have them ready for your next splits in early spring.
Our Tri-Fold full-depth frame when extended, can be prepared (with foundation, capped brood and stores) in any Langstroth hive. Then folded can be transfered with bees inside the Q8 chamber with a mature queen cell. After confirming your queen is laying properly eggs, the Tri-Fold frame (extended and locked) is ready to be transfered into a nuc 3X3 or 2X5 development hive.
- 8 Independent Chambers - Ready to receive mature queen cells.
- 8 Twin Top Feeders - For solid and liquid supplements.
- 8 Tri-Fold Frames - This unique frame, unfolds to a standard deep Langstroth allowing the beekeeper to transfer the entire population, brood and supplies into a new hive.
- 7 Colored Circular Entrances with flip-up landing boards - Each entrance has different color to avoid drifting. Flip-up the landing board in locking position for transportation.
- 7 Queen mini-Excluders - Designed to prevent from accidental contact between mated queens on their return.
Product specifications:
- 1 Vented Anti-Varroa Bottom Board
- 2 Entrance Reducers with Sliding Doors (180 degrees opposite)
- 7 Colored Circular Entrances with Landing Boards (Flip-up)
- 1 Full Depth 9⅝ Hive Box (Twin-Wall with EPS insulation)
- 8 Tri-Fold Full Depth Frames
- 1 Hive Cover (Twin-Wall with EPS insulation)
- 4 Hive Connectors
- 4 Pins (Interlocking System)
- 6 Vertical Dividers
- 8 Twin Top Feeders 8 Mini Queen Excluders
- Air vents (AVS System)
- 100% pure food-grade Polypropylene
- 100% Recyclable
- BPA Free
- 10 Year Warranty
