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Reversible plastic entrance gate for NICOT 6-frame nucs. Allows seasonal control of bee access (open or ventilated closure). Tool-free installation. Compatible with NICOT base ref. FONDD6VTOT.
Shutting a nuc to move it is easy. Shutting it without suffocating it, less so.
Reversible plastic entrance block for NICOT® six-frame nucleus floors, 271 × 38 mm. One face opens the way; the other shuts it while still letting air through.
01 · THE TWO FACES
One way round it leaves a clear 8.5 mm opening for normal traffic. Turned over, it closes the way but keeps ventilating — and that is the difference from any old plug: you can load the nuc into the van without bees getting out and without leaving them airless.
That same shut face works in cold weather to cut the airflow into a weak nucleus without closing off its breathing. And the open one, down to 8.5 mm, leaves less front for a handful of guards to cover.
02 · FITTING
It slides into the side grooves of the NICOT floor and holds by its own 3 mm thickness, with no play and no tools. To take it out, release one side and it comes away.
It is injected plastic with no paint and no solvents, so it takes sun, cold and damp without warping and without adding anything to the hive. French-made, genuine NICOTPLAST.
03 · BEFORE YOU BUY
A part for one specific system:
| ✓ FITS | NICOT® six-frame Dadant nucleus floors, reference FONDD6VTOT. |
| ✕ DOES NOT FIT | Wooden nucs and other makers' floors: they have no groove. |
| Type | Reversible entrance block |
|---|---|
| Positions | 8.5 mm opening · ventilated closure |
| Size | 271 × 38 mm · 3 mm thick |
| Weight | 33 g |
| Colour | White |
| Material | Recyclable injected plastic, no paint and no solvents |
| Compatibility | NICOT® floor FONDD6VTOT, six-frame nucleus |
| Made in | France · NICOTPLAST |
| Reference | PORTEPED6/8.5 |
Data sheet

Reversible plastic entrance gate for NICOT 6-frame nucs. Allows seasonal control of bee access (open or ventilated closure). Tool-free installation. Compatible with NICOT base ref. FONDD6VTOT.
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