AZ Beehive Frame Spacers

This is a spacer for AZ style beehives. It provides the spacing between each of the hive frames.

Unlike a conventional Langstroth hive, which consist of stacked boxed with honeycomb frames hung from the top, the AZ Hive consists of a box with a door, allowing the frames to be accessed from the back, much like a bookshelf of books.

See https://8framehoney.com.au/az-hives/

The AZ spacers are installed in the hive to provide the correct spacing between each frame. Usually a pressed sheet metal strip of spacers is used, but these can be hard and expensive to obtain. This design provides an alternative for those with access to a 3D printer.

The spacers are designed for 37mm frame spacing, although the individual spacers allow this to be varied.

These spacers have yet to be tested in a real beehive.

Two versions of the spacers are provided:

1. As a strip of spacers designed for 10 frames

Due to the length of this (370mm), it is broken into two lengths which can the b