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What is the Zest hive?
The ZEST hive is a new honeybee hive which, by its design, is conducive to good health of honeybees and the wealth of beekeepers. Unlike other hive designs it provides an internal environment that is warm, humid, dry and stable. It has an external envelope that has the right balance between thermal insulation and thermal weight. This assists the bees in their primary duty of thermo-regulating the brood nest.
It improves upon the natural bee habitation of a cave or a hole in a tree. The internal void size can be adjusted to meet the needs of the bees over the season where the colony space can be made small in winter and large in summer. Together with its top, trickle ventilation and bee entry it is better than any natural place. The bees are subsequently healthier, better tempered, slow to swarm, productive and can be almost completely “letalone” managed.
The ZEST hive by its design has proven to be functionally free of varroa, nosema and acarine.
The frames used internally can be DIY in stapled wood or a plastic lattice formed from T-bars from which the bees make their own honeycomb. They last indefinitely. The honey is simply cut out and drained down in a bag and the frame returned to the hive. No machinery is needed and yearly frame maintenance is zero. We provide these patent protected design in our shop that will save you financially in your beekeeping journey.
STEP by STEP
We have made it simple, follow each of the activities below to support your knowledge of ZEST hive. You can also purchase just the frames as they are more economical than the regular alternatives. By choosing a ZEST hive not only are you supporting bee health but you are also making a saving of £ on the alternative beekeeping options.