Every single beehive storage unit we produce is designed and handcrafted by our founder, Nick Redman. Nick brings 26 years of specialised expertise in timber construction, spending nearly three decades building traditional, heavy-duty green oak frames using time-honoured mortise and tenon joinery.
The inspiration for this business began at home. Nick owned a traditional storage hive for over twenty years and appreciated its timeless look, but knew that modern manufacturing methods were cutting corners. He decided to channel his structural carpentry expertise into engineering his own version.
As a true perfectionist, Nick spent a rigorous two-year testing period developing, building, and refining a series of prototypes. Each experimental hive was placed outdoors and used through relentless daily testing, exposed directly to the harsh British elements to monitor exactly how the wood moved, shifted, and aged over seasons of rain, frost, and sun. Nick tested a vast array of timber types,, finishes and thicknesses, immediately discounting any materials that warped, curled, or failed under environmental pressure.
Through this exhaustive process, Nick perfected our signature design: the mitred-cornered hive. It proved to be the most structurally successful design on the market—incredibly strong, exceptionally durable, and visually seamless.