Adopted Sizes for the Metric Langstroth Hive (all dimensions are in millimetres). If
you are intending to make up some new hive woodware this winter, please note the official
standard for New Zealand Beehives.
| Hive Body Timber Thickness: |
20 mm (derived from 25 mm green-sawn) |
| Hive Body Outer Measurements: |
505 mm x 405 mm |
| Hive Body Inner Measurements: |
465 mm x 365 mm |
Hive Body Depth |
|
| Brood Super: (full depth) |
238 mm (from 250 mm green-sawn) |
| Honey Super (three-quarter): |
185 mm (from 200 mm green-sawn) |
| Section Super (half depth): |
133 mm (from 150 mm green-sawn) |
Rebate: Depth x Ledge: |
13 mm x 10 mm |
Hoffman Frame Sizes (brood chamber) |
|
| Top Bar: Length x width x thickness: |
482 mm x 25 mm x 16 mm |
| Bottom Bar: length x width x thickness: |
450 mm x 25 mm x 10 mm |
| End Bar: length x width x thickness: |
(see below) x 33 mm x 10 mm |
Manley Frame Sizes (honey supers) |
|
| Top Bar: Length x width x thickness |
482 mm x 25 mm x 16 mm |
| Bottom Bar: length x width x thickness: |
450 mm x 25 mm x 10 mm |
| End Bar: length x width x thickness: |
(see below) x 43 mm x 10 mm |
End Bar lengths: (full, 3/4, half depth) |
230 mm, 177 mm, 125 mm |
