Tri Gable Lea 19" Follower Board

Note: most of these are sold locally and are picked up by appointment. However, we now can ship these to the lower 48 states!  The follower creates the form of the hive. We've put a lot of thought in the simple design of these followers. They fit snugly agains the wall of the hive. We use premium grade oak plywood so the board doesn't warp with the changes in humidity.  Each hive comes with two follower boards, but there are reasons why you may want to have a spare. Internally feeding the hive with a jar feeder is easy with a follower cut to fit the feeder or with a hole drilled in the follower to give the bees access to the feeder. A standard jar feeder will fit inside the hive and take up 3 bars of space.  When preparing a split/nuc, you can use extra followers and your Tri Gable Lea Hive to compartmentalize each split. The followers are used to reduce the cavity the bees need to heat. When making a split or a nuc, you need to be careful not to put them in too big of a volume. By ma