{"id":348,"date":"2017-11-24T11:47:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T11:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2025-12-11T21:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:27:14","slug":"commercial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=348","title":{"rendered":"Commercial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style> h2, h3, h4 {color: green;} \n\n#ednavgrid {display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(100px, 1fr)); grid-gap: 2px; align-items: stretch; }\n\n#ednavgrid > div > a {display: block; padding: 5px; color: #125c97; background-color: #ddd; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;}\n\n#ednavgrid > div > a:hover:not(.active) {background-color: #bbb;} \n\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"national\">Commercial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Commercial hive is a single walled hive designed to provide a brood chamber big enough for a prolific colony without additional brood or honey storage space. Frames are 16\u201d x 10\u201d Hoffman spaced in the brood chamber and 16\u201d x 6\u201d in the supers.<br><br>Brood boxes hold 12 frames and are usually constructed with bottom bee space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style> .edHiveTable { width: 100%; text-align: center; background-color: #FFFFEE; border-collapse: collapse; } .edHiveTable td, .edHiveTable th { vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid #daa520; }<\/style>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"edHiveTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #daa520; color: white;\">\n<th style=\"width: 20%;\">HIVE DATA<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;\">NATIONAL<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;\">NATIONAL 14&#215;12<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;\">W B C<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;\">COMMERCIAL<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Brood frame<\/td>\n<td>14&#8243; x 8\u00bd&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>14&#8243; x 12&#8243;<\/td>\n<td>14&#8243; x 8\u00bd&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>16&#8243; x 10&#8243;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Super frame<\/td>\n<td>14&#8243; x 5\u00bd&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>14&#8243; x 5\u00bd&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>14&#8243; x 5\u00bd&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>16&#8243; x 6&#8243;<\/td><\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Frames \/ brood box<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Cells \/ brood box<\/td>\n<td>54,000<\/td>\n<td>80,000<\/td>\n<td>49,000<\/td>\n<td>80,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Lug length<\/td>\n<td>1\u00bd&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>1\u00bd&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>1\u00bd&#8221;<\/td>\n<td>5\/8&#8243;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commercial frames have short lugs (5\/8\u201d) in order to allow the hive parts to be square. Compare 1\u00bd\u201d lugs for the National.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outside dimensions are only slightly larger than the National hive and it is possible to use National floorboards, crown boards, queen excluders and even supers with Commercial brood boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It should be noted that the Commercial hive uses finger tip recesses cut into the side walls for lifting which may make moving heavy brood boxes difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"262\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hive-Commercial.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12520\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Commercial Hive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is an eke called a Hamilton converter which will convert a National brood box into a 10 frame Commercial hive<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"167\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hive-Hamilton-converter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12522\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hamilton converter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>\n.dropbtn {\n  background-color: #008000;\n  color: white;\n  padding: 10, 16px;\n  font-size: 20px;\n  border: none;\n  cursor: pointer;\n}\n\n.dropbtn:hover, .dropbtn:focus {\n  background-color: #015307;\n}\n\n.dropdown {\n  position: relative;\n  display: inline-block;\n}\n\n.dropdown-content {\n  display: none;\n  position: absolute; left: 133px; top: 2px;\n  background-color: #8fbc8f;\n  min-width: 70vw;\n  overflow: auto;\n}\n\n.show {display:block;}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n  <button id=\"myBtn\" class=\"dropbtn\">More hives&#8230;<\/button>\n  <div id=\"myDropdown\" class=\"dropdown-content\">\n<div id=\"ednavgrid\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=301\">Which Hive?<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=305\">National<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=339\">14 x 12<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=345\">WBC<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=348\">Commercial<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=353\">Smith<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=358\">Langstroth<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=364\">Dadant<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=368\">Dartington<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=375\">Beehaus<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=378\">Warr\u00e9<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=1634\">Top Bar<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=1831\">Leyens hive<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=4942\">Flow hive<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=4292\">Rose hive<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<script>\n\ndocument.getElementById(\"myBtn\").onclick = function() {myFunction1()};\n\nfunction myFunction1() {\n  document.getElementById(\"myDropdown\").classList.toggle(\"show\");\n}\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commercial The Commercial hive is a single walled hive designed to provide a brood chamber big enough for a prolific colony without additional brood or honey storage space. 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