Hive Doctor Smart Bottom Board with Entrance Reducer

• New and Improved Hive Doctor Entrance Reducer!
• The Hive Doctor Bar Entrance Reducer slots in front of the Hive Doctor Smart Bottom Board, and can be flipped to either close or reduce the entrance, and stored in the front holding slot.
• The new removable tabs allow you to control the size of the entrance, providing you with a fully customized entry ranging from 8mm to 50mm once all tabs are removed.
• Straight sides and ends for easy palletising, and strapping multiple hives.
• Screw holes for securing to pallets.
• Locator slots through centre of base for Emlock hive strappers.
• Locating lugs to secure your hive box, and rigid design to prevent bowing
• Universal entrance space to allow future functionality, eg. pollen traps, varroa control, and other wasp control.
• Deep floor with great venting (21% ventilation), with the ability for venting to be closed off with pest trays.
• Triple disk entrance for a choice of entrance options available seperately here
• Dimensions: 53 x 40.5 x 5cm

Detachable pest trays available separately here.

Adaptable and functional UV resistant bottom board with a low profile for stability and sturdiness, and multiple entrance options

Vented bottom boards can reduce varroa loading and be utilised as part of a varroa management system.

• The mechanism does not actively treat mites but takes advantage of natural mite fall.

• It is estimated that 20% of phoretic mites fall off the bee in their first 72 hours.
• With vented bottom boards, mites that fall off the bees fall out of the hive, as opposed to solid floors where the mites can climb back up from the floor and reattach themselves to the bee.
• This reduction may seem small, but it will decrease the varroa stress load on the hive.
• This may be particularly beneficial when mite treatments cannot be applied E.g. long summer honey flows.
• Modeling has shown that through the period between two synthetic treatments mite drop through vented bottom boards can lead to a reduction of up to a third in phoretic mites.

Reduced mite loadings lead to healthier hives, colonies under less mite stress, reduced PMS and reduced hive losses.

Keep in mind that this is no substitute for high efficacy synthetic or organic treatments. Mite levels should be monitored and treated accordingly.

Research on vented boards reducing varroa mites can be viewed here

For more information click here to download our Instruction Guide.

About the Smart Bottom Board

Original / Smart Bottom Board Comparison

NOTE: When using pollen patties, place patties carefully on the top bars of the hive, ensuring no pieces fall through to the bottom board. As with any food product, these pieces may attract rodents which could result in damage to the hive.