Purchase of the Top Bar Hive in Bulk

• Country: Ethiopia
• Summary: Purchase of the Top Bar Hive in Bulk
• ETT Ref No: 76376697
• Deadline: 26 Dec 2022
• Financier: Self Financed
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
• Notice Type: Tender
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• Description:
• Tenders are invited for Top Bar Hive (intermediate/ Transitional (Kenya Top bar). Top Bar Hive (intermediate/Transitional (Kenya Top bar) Specification: Description: Bottom board: for top bar hive bottom board must attached to the hive body and the open slit in front of the hive for bees' entrance should be on the hive body itself: refer to the picture at the bottom of this document) The top bar should hive groove on its bottom to guide the bees for attaching their combs. Out-side covers (Roof): The out-side cover is wider than the rest of the hive providing a bit of an overhang so that waterdrips beside the hive rather than running down the side of the hive or possibly into the hive outside cover is covered by a sheet of metal. Dimensions: All dimensions stated in this specification shall be regarded as finished dimensions and shall be measured after the completion of finishing operations, such as, planning and sand papering. Finish: The different parts of the beehives shall have a smooth finish with the edges trimmed square and smooth. Parts of the beehive exposed directly to weather shall be painted with a suitable protective paint. The paint shall be nontoxic and shall not have any odour disagreeable to the bees. The color of the paint shall be white, yellow, green or gray. Joints: All joints shall be sound and shall withstand normal use. For all types of beehives walls of chambers and roofs shall be jointed by special box corner joints, finger joints, dovetail joints or tongue and groove joints properly nailed. When the use of nails for joints is specified, there shall be one at each end. The distance between two consecutive nails shall be not more than 75mm. Nails: The nails used shall conform to ES 95.1990 steel wire nails-specification. Wood: Only well-seasoned timber shall be used. Unless specified otherwise, the thickness of the wood used shall be 20mm, and it shall be freeform checks, decay, insectholes, dead knots, shakes and splits. Hair checks, and live knots, not exceeding one-quarter of the width of wood, shall be permitted. The slope of the grain shall not be more than one in eight. Requirements and dimensions for bee hives Wood used to make Top bar hives shall be well-seasoned, free from checks, decay, insect-holes dead knots, shakes and splits. A wax starter guide on top bar shall be provided for bees to construct comb centered on the bar. The width of the top bar shall be 32 mm Although the top bars do form a roof for the hive it seems desirable to place some sort of cover over the bars to protect them from the weather. The length of the hive body shall be 1000 mm to accommodate 30 top bar spaced 32mm. Hive entrance with bottom board shall be extended to make landing platform beneath. All the dimensions of the top bar hive shall be as per the design given based on 19 mm lumber. Bid closing date: December 26, 2022, at 4:00 hours Bid opening date: Dec 26, 2022 Region: Addis Ababa
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 Tender Notice