Hive Entrance Dial – Beehive Entrance Reducer, Made in USA
- ✔ Ships from Baltimore, MD. Small parts usually go USPS for $6–9; you see the exact rate before you pay.
- ✔ 30-day returns on unused, undamaged gear. No restocking fee.
- ✔ Not sure it fits your model? Check the Help Center or email us. We are beekeepers, and we answer.
Pairs well with
An entrance reducer you turn instead of lose. A wooden entrance reducer gets knocked out of a nuc box, chewed by mice, or left in the grass in April and never seen again. This one mounts to the front of the box and rotates: open the entrance wide for a strong colony in a flow, choke it down for a new package or a robbing-season dearth, and shut it for a move.
Injection molded in Baltimore, by a beekeeper. We started making these because we were tired of watching dials go chalky and brittle in our own yard after a single summer, then snap the first cold morning we went to close an entrance. Ours are high-grade polypropylene carrying three times the standard UV additive, which is the whole difference between a dial that still turns in year five and one you replace every season.
Seven colors, which is the other reason to use them. Beekeepers color-code their yards with these: red for a hive that needs requeening, yellow for one you have treated, green for the ones you can walk past. From the truck you can see what needs attention before you put your veil on.
Fits Apimaye boxes exactly — we worked with Apimaye-USA on the fit — and works just as well on home-built boxes, nucs and swarm traps.
Sold in 10-packs and 150-count cases. Running a club or placing a bulk order? Get in touch.
Hive Entrance Dial – Beehive Entrance Reducer, Made in USA
If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact us. We'll get back to you as soon as possible, within 24 hours on weekdays.
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2-year parts warranty
Every InstantVap carries a 2-year parts warranty, and all warranty and repair work is done in-house by our own technicians rather than sent out to a third party. Start a request on our Service and Warranty page.
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Before you email us
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Setup and cleaning
First treatment coming up? Getting Started with InstantVap walks through setup, Cleaning an InstantVap 18V covers the plunger and nozzle, and our YouTube channel has the same steps on video.
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Returns
Unused, undamaged items can be returned within 30 days of purchase with no restocking fee. Return shipping is yours unless we filled the order incorrectly, in which case we cover it both ways.