Powell Hive Box 🐝

A small showcase of my new hive design that allows stingless bee keepers to achieve an equal split of brood every time. This design has worked very well for me and I am happy to be producing these quality hives.

This hive has twin separators with a bee space, an oath compatible floor plan and reduced wall height are some of the features that make this hive excellent for propagation.

[TrickyTrev]

Awesome again Nick. Fantastic work as always. 👍 👍. Thanks Tricky Trev

[RicardoSteigleder]

INPA boxes were perfected by researcher Fernando Oliveira when he worked at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) - "National Institute for Research in the Amazon". So he named the INPA boxes with the institute's acronym. The improvement was developed with the aim of facilitating the work of honey farmers. Thus optimizing the division of swarms and facilitating the collection of honey.

[theaussiepureblood]

Very cool
How did you get the bees to start a brood in a new box??

[Michael_CS]

Thanks for the design. I have built boxes in 50mm Cypress using your basic design. I have made the lid hinged with an adjustable toggle latch holding down tight on weather strip material (double width at joins to be light proof). The perspex "viewing" lid on the honey super is inside the weather strip.

[jakoj]

also would I be right as they are forced into the top super more now that it will also get a large qty of pollen there not just honey? may be worth reducing the honey super height by half for pollen store then top off with a 25mm series ontop?

[DeckONEYoutube]

Hi sir, I have a doubt .
Can I use this type of box system for trigona iridipenis ?

[timberry]

Is there a question and answer I can join in I have a few questions thanks @ 0:07 Bali native stingless bees

[jakoj]

hey mate now that you have 68mm bottom aswell would that effect the half brood idea being that the brood is up off the bottom?

[alainfara]

What wood is that? From the sound of it, it seems very light

[darshanbakki]

Can you ship one bee colony to South India sir? It is always hot n humid here!

[mackaau]

Looks good, have you done something different with the base?

[maddog]

I live Se of Melbourne (Frankston),
Any tips or books on how i can encourage native bees to nest in my indigenous native garden?
For the Victorian bees please.

[avidd]

Hello, im from the philippines, i want to know more about stingless beekeeping, i like your ideas on how you commercialized those stingless native bees, can you email me some of the ideas you have or a guide on how to start, what to do, dos and donts, hive making or anything, i want to have my own stingless bee farm someday hope you can help me. Thanks.

[simkwanchoo]

Hi Nick, May i know may what is the measurement of this hive? The inner measurement.
Thanks.

[MrGuiDamasceno]

This model is used in Brazil and is patented as inpa model box

[MajkensLair]

hi can you share the dimensions of your hive?