Assembled wooden frame for the Kieler mating nuc, with eyelets and vertical stainless wire already tensioned.
The 170 mm top bar is what decides whether it fits. The rest is how you prefer to fill the gap: loose top bar, assembled wood or plastic.
01 · THE WIRE
A mini-nuc takes no full sheet: a wax starter strip is fixed under the top bar and the colony draws from there. The tensioned vertical wire gives the freshly drawn comb something to hold on to, and the eyelets keep the wire from biting into the wood and losing tension with use.
Reaching spring with the frames already wired is what you appreciate when the queen-cell schedule will not wait.
02 · WOOD OR PLASTIC
The plastic one is scraped and washed in boiling water between batches and comes with a strip of embossed cell. The wooden one takes the wax strip you choose and can be repaired piece by piece.
And if you assemble your own frames, the loose top bar costs a fraction: time against money. All three fit the same body.
03 · BEFORE YOU BUY
The standard Kieler body works with four frames and this is sold loose, without wax. Count what you need before ordering.
| ✓ FITS | Kieler mating nucs and Segeberger or Holstein boxes of the same format, with a 170 mm top bar. |
| ✕ DOESN’T FIT | Apidea, Mini Plus, nor Dadant, Layens or Langstroth hive frames. |
| ⚠ NOT INCLUDED | The wax starter strip. |
| Material | Wood with stainless wire |
|---|---|
| Format | Kieler (also Segeberger and Holstein) |
| Top bar length | 170 mm |
| Top bar | 25 mm wide, 10 mm thick |
| Preparation | Eyelets and tensioned vertical wiring |
| Wax | Starter strip under the top bar, sold separately |
| Frames per Kieler body | 4 |
| Sold as | 1 frame |
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