Ventilated bottom board ANEL®

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AN5100V

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Ventilated bottom board ANEL®

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Ventilated plastic bottom board for Langstroth and Dadant hives, 55 × 42 cm and 1.58 kg, mesh across the whole floor and four non-slip feet. The entrance doors are not included: this is the bare version of the ANEL catalogue and they are bought separately. It has no tray either, so it ventilates but will not let you count the mite drop.

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Details of Ventilated bottom board ANEL®

55 × 42 cm

FOOTPRINT

10 cm

HEIGHT

1.58 kg

WEIGHT

NON-SLIP FEET

Ventilated plastic bottom board for Langstroth and Dadant hives, mesh across the whole floor and four non-slip feet screwed underneath.

Because the entire floor is mesh, whatever drops inside the hive — wax, debris and mites — falls to the ground and cannot climb back up. This is ANEL's AN5100V, the version supplied without entrance doors: they are bought separately, and it is worth adding them to the same order.

01 · WHAT'S IN THE BOX

The entrance doors are bought separately

It is the question people ask most before buying, so it comes first: what arrives is the board on its own, with its feet, and the two entrance doors are not inside — even if you see them fitted in the photos. It is not an oversight: ANEL makes this board in two configurations and ours is the bare one, for beekeepers who already have doors or prefer to choose the pattern. The ones we stock hold with a rear pin that survives transport without screws, and they swivel to shut the entrance completely when it is time to move the hive. If this is your first ANEL board, count them into the order: without them the hive is left wide open at the entrance.

02 · MESH AND VARROA

It ventilates and lets the drop through, but it won't let you count

The mesh does two jobs. It ventilates — less damp inside, which is what you want through the hot months — and it lets whatever comes loose fall through. When you apply a varroa treatment, the mites that drop go straight through the mesh and end up on the ground, with no way back to the comb. That is a husbandry gain, not a treatment: on its own a ventilated floor will not bring the infestation down, and it does not replace whatever product you are applying.

And this is worth knowing before you order: this board has no tray. Everything that falls goes to the ground, so there is nothing to collect and nothing to examine. If your management depends on measuring the natural mite drop before and after treating, you need a floor with a slide-out tray; this one ventilates, but it does not measure.

03 · WHAT IT FITS

The same board for Langstroth and for Dadant

It is a hybrid board: the 55 × 42 cm footprint serves both patterns, and it makes no difference whether the box is timber or plastic. Measure yours against that footprint before ordering.

Langstroth	The box sits comfortably inside the footprint and there is board to spare at the front, which serves as a landing board.
Dadant	It fits too, though depending on who made the box it may overhang slightly at the sides. That is not a structural problem, and the overhang works as a drip edge.

For migratory work the board joins to the box with clips, brackets or straps, and the screwed-on non-slip feet are what stops the hive sliding about on the lorry bed. The stops on the top face hold the box and keep it from shifting over rough track.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

It is plastic: nothing to paint or treat, and neither ground damp nor sun works on it as they do on timber.

✓ FITS	Ventilating through the hot months and working with Langstroth or Dadant boxes in timber or plastic.
✕ DOESN'T FIT	Counting the natural mite drop: with no tray there is nothing to inspect. That needs a floor with a slide-out tray.
⚠ NOT INCLUDED	The entrance doors. Nor the box, the roof, or the clips for migratory work.

SPECIFICATIONS

Part	Ventilated hive bottom board, plastic · ANEL® ref. AN5100V
Dimensions	55 × 42 × 10 cm
Weight	1.58 kg
Floor	Ventilated mesh across the full surface · no tray
Support	Four screwed-on non-slip feet · stops on the top face to hold the box
Fits	Langstroth and Dadant boxes, timber or plastic
Entrance doors	Not included · sold separately