Short roof Wielkopolski, Ostrowska with ventilation

Description:

Painted short roof with ventilation for the hives of Wielkopolska, Ostrowska - polystyrene.

Properties of polystyrene:

Light (much lighter than wooden hives)
Well insulating
Easy to transport and use
Durable, resistant to weather conditions (sun, water, frost).

Steam is used to expand the polystyrene granules - the starting material -.

Thanks to the advantages of polystyrene, a modern, effective, environmentally friendly and cost-effective 
solution is obtained.

The roofs provide great upper thermal insulation.

In the side edges of the roof there are four vents of the same size as in the bodies.

A roof which is also the upper thermal insulation. 
There are two types of roofs: high and short. 
The high roof has a few centimeter edges, thanks to which the space above the cover is larger. 
This can be important when you want to place a feeder or feed from jars in the highest empty floor. 
In the side edges of the roof there are four vents of the same size as in the bodies.

The roof of the hive of Wielkopolska / Ostrowska made of polystyrene is light, 
which will provide you with comfort during inspections of bee colonies, 
when you have to look at many hives and remove it from each of them. 
As in the case of other roofs that are not combined with the bodies, we recommend loading the hives 
standing on the apiary so that the wind does not break them off. 
You can use, for example, brick or strapping belts.

The roof is flat, so during inspections you can put the bodies or tools on the adjacent hive without fear that they 
will slip. In addition, the flat roofs are easy to stack on top of each other in the warehouse so that they do not 
take up too much space.

Due to the fact that it is made of polystyrene, it not only provides very good insulation, 
but also soundproofing. From the inside, you can attach a hive card to the roof of the hive, e.g. with a pin - 
thanks to this, you will always have notes about a given bee colony at hand.

The roof of the hive of Wielkopolska / Ostrowska has slightly larger external dimensions than a dedicated body of
this type, so that it acts as an eaves and water does not seep into the hive during rainfall. 
Of course, the internal dimensions of the hive canopy perfectly match the rebates in the bodies and cover.

The roof does not have any rubbing elements which, by making noise, could disturb the wintering of bees, for example.

The construction of the roof also includes ventilation - 
4 openings with the same dimensions as in the hive bodies allow the use of the same plugs and adapt the 
ventilation in the hive to the current needs.

The roof has been painted with a special paint protecting against weather conditions. 
It is ready to be placed on the hive and will serve for many years without requiring any additional maintenance.

For the roof, we also recommend chisels that are perfect for opening even very sealed hives, 
we also offer various uncappers, to fight diseases in the hive.

In order to secure the hive, the most functional solution proposed is to fasten the hive with a 
specially adapted belt. This results in even pressing of the roof surface. 
The roof itself does not deform / bend under the influence of the weight of the pressing material, e.g. 
paving stones located on it. An additional advantage of the above solution is the fact that when belts are used, 
we prevent water settling; thus, it does not cause the degradation and penetration of the paint, 
as is the case with the use of paving stones. The belt is 3.5 m long.