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The HiveDock frame-spacing gauge
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About this model
<p>This 3D-printed frame-spacing gauge helps keep hive frames properly spaced and organized, making inspections and hive management smoother.</p><p>For a standard Langstroth-style system using self-spacing Hoffman frames, a useful design target is approximately 35 mm center-to-center. Standard bee-space between adjacent components is generally around 6–9 mm. </p><p><br></p><table style="border-style: none;"><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: top; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p><strong>Configuration </strong></p></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: top; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p><strong>Typical frames </strong></p></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: top; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p><strong>Suggested center-tocenter </strong></p></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: top; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p><strong>Spacing Approx. </strong></p><p></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: top; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p>8-frame </p></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: top; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p>8</p></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: top; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p>35 mm</p></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="vertical-align: top;…
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- Every piece is hand-finished and quality-checked before it ships, like everything in our shop.
- Printed in PLA, a plant-based material. More about our material.
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