Half-depth Dadant Blatt polystyrene super - colored - green

Dadant Blatt 1/2 Super – Painted in Green: A Lightweight Honey Super with Excellent Insulation

Looking to make working with honey supers easier while ensuring stable conditions for your colony's development? The polystyrene Dadant Blatt 1/2 half-depth super in green is a practical choice for modern beekeeping. This ten-frame honey super combines low weight with excellent thermal insulation properties. It significantly eases the beekeeper's workload during honey harvesting and helps bees maintain a balanced microclimate inside the hive.

Easier Handling During Honey Harvesting

The main advantage of the polystyrene half-depth super is its very low weight. Compared to a traditional wooden honey super, handling a full super is considerably easier on the back, while the construction retains the necessary strength. Ergonomic recesses are built into the outer walls to serve as sturdy hand grips for comfortable carrying. The smooth finish with no sharp or protruding parts increases both safety and comfort during everyday work at the apiary.

Practical Use Throughout the Entire Beekeeping Season

The half-depth super is not intended solely for honey frames. Thanks to its well-thought-out design, it can be used in various phases of the beekeeping season. During honey harvesting as well as winter storage, the supers can be stably stacked, even in larger numbers. In addition to its standard function as a honey super, it is also suitable as an auxiliary space in the hive:

• Under nucleus colonies during wintering: it increases the hive volume and creates an air cushion that contributes to safer overwintering of bees.
• During feeding over the inner cover: it creates enough space under the roof for a bucket, jar, or other feeder container.
• For top insulation of the brood nest: it creates space between the inner cover and the roof for inserting an insulation pillow during colder periods.
• Below the queen excluder during a heavy nectar flow: it serves as a practical auxiliary space during intensive nectar collection and honey removal.

Balanced Microclimate and Easy Ventilation Control

Proper ventilation is important for the health and strength of the colony. The super is equipped with two ventilation openings, allowing you to adjust airflow according to the weather, season, and current colony strength. Regulation is simple using polystyrene plugs and a practical ventilation screen. For clean honey combs, we recommend separating the brood chamber from the honey super with a queen excluder designed for Dadant Blatt hives, which can be purchased separately. Worker bees pass freely through the excluder into the honey super, while the queen remains in the brood chamber. This prevents the laying of eggs in honey super frames and their darkening from brood rearing.

Durable Coating and Easy Maintenance

The green protective coating is applied at the factory. It gives the super a natural appearance suitable for the apiary environment while protecting the polystyrene against UV radiation and weather conditions. The design is based on long-term practical experience and beekeeper requirements, making it suited for comfortable work and long service life. To maintain hive hygiene and prevent bee diseases, the super can be washed and disinfected with a standard sodium hydroxide solution.

Technical Specifications

Beekeeper's tip: Along with the half-depth super, we recommend purchasing a Dadant Blatt queen excluder, hive frames matching the appropriate frame size, and a quality bee brush. All of these accessories will make your work easier when managing colonies and during honey harvesting.