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A Langstroth brood box built for beekeepers who follow the blooms: body and floor form a single block in 22 mm solid pine, with stacking rails, a metal roof with closures and the 10 wired Hoffman frames already included. This is the "brood-box-only" version: the right box to start a colony or replace fleet boxes without paying for supers you do not need yet.
Look at it from the outside: the battens standing proud top and bottom are the perimeter rails, and the floor is fixed straight to the body, with no fittings or moving parts. On the road that means less vibration on the brood and nothing to shift out of true in transit. The top rail takes the super or the roof seated into it, and because there is no landing board sticking out, the hive sits flat on the flatbed and loads with a sack truck or forklift without snagging. The roof stays fast to the body with its easy-open metal closures, which release one-handed when you reach the apiary.
It carries three adjustable metal entrance blocks: two on the floor and a third higher up on the body. As well as matching the entrance to the strength of the colony through the season, they have a closed setting with a ventilation mesh: you shut the way through for the night run and air still moves, which is what stops a strong colony suffocating shut in during summer. The upper entrance adds a draught of air with the hive closed, and the galvanised steel roof brings its own side vents.
The four corners are joined with interlocking fingers (finger-joint): the mechanical joint is what carries the load, the nails only close it up. The finish is a single coat of linseed oil, not paint or varnish — it guards against damp without sealing the pores, lets the timber breathe and, a few years on, renews without stripping anything back.
Because the floor is fixed to the body, you choose the version when you buy and cannot swap it afterwards. · Solid bottom board — a closed timber floor, the traditional choice.
· Open-mesh floor — a screened floor with a removable tray (varroa floor): extra ventilation in hot areas and a reading of the varroa drop on the tray without opening the hive.
Included: the brood box with its floor (solid or open-mesh depending on the version), sheet-metal roof with closures, a crown board that closes the nest under the roof, 10 wired Hoffman frames and the 3 metal entrance blocks. No super is included — to harvest honey add the migratory Langstroth super, sold separately —, no foundation (the frames come wired and you choose the sheet), and no ratchet straps: the rails steady the stack, but for the road the hive is secured with a strap or fitting bought separately.
| System | Migratory Langstroth, 10 frames |
|---|---|
| Configuration | Brood box only, no super; floor fixed to the body |
| Timber | Solid pine, 22 mm walls |
| Joinery | Finger-jointed corners |
| Finish | One coat of linseed oil (no paint or varnish) |
| External dimensions | 508 × 424 mm |
| Internal dimensions | 464 × 380 mm |
| Entrances | 3 adjustable metal entrances (2 in the floor + 1 upper on the body), with ventilation mesh |
| Frames included | 10 wired Hoffman frames (no foundation wax) |
| Roof | Galvanised steel with vents and easy-open catches |
| Crown board | Included (closes the nest under the roof) |
| Compatibility | Migratory Langstroth supers and half-supers (rebate fit); not compatible with Dadant or Layens |
| Weight | 20 kg |
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