Quarti Wide-Blade Forged Stainless Steel Hive Tool – Designed for Polystyrene Hives | Made in Italy

Quarti Wide-Blade Forged Stainless Steel Hive Tool – Designed for Polystyrene Hives | Made in Italy

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  • Original Quarti Italy design - Made in Italy
  • Strong, hard-wearing design for long-lasting use in the apiary
  • Ideal for separating hive boxes, scraping wax and lifting frames
  • Essential beekeeping tool for hive inspections and maintenance
  • Perfect for use with Poly Hives
Not all hive tools are equal — and if you’re working with polystyrene hives, a standard narrow hive tool can cause real damage.
This is Quarti Italy’s own original design, developed specifically to address that problem.
The L16 is a forged stainless steel hive tool with a wide, flat blade that distributes leverage across a much broader surface area than a conventional hive tool. That wider contact patch is what makes all the difference when working with poly hives and poly supers: instead of concentrating force on a single point — which can gouge, crack, or compress EPS foam — the broad blade spreads the load and lets you separate boxes cleanly without marking or damaging the polystyrene.
It’s equally at home on standard wooden hives, but it’s the go-to choice for anyone running a polystyrene setup who’s ever watched a cheap hive tool bite into the rim of a super.
The opposite end features a dedicated frame lifter with a hole — the standard notch for gripping frame lugs and breaking propolis-sealed frames free. That same hole doubles as a useful cleaning aid for removing propolis buildup from the blade itself.
Forged — not stamped — from corrosion-resistant AISI stainless steel, this tool is built to the same standard as the rest of the Quarti Italy range: proper tools, made to last.

Key Features:

• Original Quarti Italy design — developed specifically for polystyrene hive use
• Wide, broad blade for low-impact leverage — protects EPS foam from cracking and gouging
• Ideal for separating poly hive bodies, poly supers, and polystyrene shallow boxes
• Frame lifter end with propolis-cleaning hole
• Forged stainless steel — strong, rust-resistant, and easy to sterilise
• Works equally well on traditional wooden hives
• Made in Italy by Quarti Italy Srl
• Exclusively available in the UK through us

Suitable for:

Polystyrene Dadant hives, polystyrene Langstroth hives, all poly supers and shallow boxes. Also suitable for conventional wooden National, Langstroth, and Dadant hives.

Compatible Products
We’re a small family-run business, established in 2010, with over a decade of hands-on beekeeping experience. Products we sell are tried and tested by us on our own honey farm of 400+ hives, so we only stock equipment we truly trust and use ourselves. We source the best products from across the UK and Europe, keep plenty in stock for fast dispatch. We are proud to hold sole agency with our trusted partners, for selected specialist lines you won’t find anywhere else. With our extensive experience and product knowledge, we’re always happy to offer honest advice, ongoing support, and a real focus on customer care.

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