Apimaye Insulated Beehives
From Michigan winters to Arizona summers
- Lab-certified R-6.93 insulationWarmer winters, cooler summers
- Food-safe plasticBPA-free, food-grade HDPE
- Works with your existing 10-frame Langstroth gearYour wooden frames fit inside and your wooden boxes stack on top
Apimaye hives have a lab-certified R-value of 6.93. A standard 3/4-inch wooden hive wall is about R-1, so that's 6–7 times the insulation. See the test results
- 4.8 out of 5 from 1,293 reviews
- Complete hive sets from $265
- Assembled and ready to use
- Family business in Phoenix, AZ
- 12,000+ beekeepers in our Facebook group
Ergo 10 Frame Complete Insulated Hive Sets
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Ergo Insulated White Honey & Brood Beehive Set
![White Ergo insulated Honey & Brood hive set (2 deeps + 2 mediums), blue entrance]()
2 deep boxes + 2 medium supers- Regular price
- From $620.00
Next Generation Insulated Thermo Hives for Every Climate
The Apimaye beehive was developed to make it easier to manage a colony of bees and produce more honey.
Insulation is sealed inside the side walls and top cover of these insulated Thermo Hives, keeping the colony warmer in winter and cooler in summer, whatever your climate.
Thermal Insulation & Active Ventilation
Apimaye insulated Thermo Hives have a lab-certified R-value of 6.93. Colonies use less honey to stay warm in winter and spend less energy fanning to cool the hive in summer.
Fresh air enters through the screened bottom board, rises through the ventilation ducts and leaves through the louvres in the top cover. This steady airflow carries moisture out of the hive, helping keep the cluster dry through winter.
Everything in One Package
Every Apimaye Ergo hive set comes with a screened bottom board with a built-in adjustable entrance reducer and mouse guard, plus a pollen trap and IPM tray to help with Varroa mites and small hive beetles. You also get a top feeder, queen excluder, division/uniting board, frame spacers, and stainless steel latches and handles. Frames are sold separately, so you can reuse your own or add wood, PRO or Core frames when you order.
Family of Beekeepers
Located in sunny Arizona, we are a team of a beekeeper (my dad – a world known professor on honeybees), queen bee (my mom – a retired civil engineer and a beekeeper by marriage) and 2 worker bees (me – an electrical engineer and beekeeper by proxy, and my sister - an administrator) with decades long experience in beekeeping.
From the Beekeeping Knowledge Base
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Testimonials
Let customers speak for us
I love that they can reverse the entrances , makes split hives a-lot easier!
This makes tending the hives, feeding and most importantly easy winter feeding without disturbing them.
This piece of metal is worth every penny. No more melting the hive. Plus will hold my fogger while it dispenses, so I can step back out of potential OA fumes. A must have item!
well built and worth the price
Love them super easy to set up we started late in the season and I am pretty sure we will fill half the jars. The bees like them as well.
This feeder is the best one yet no dead bees
Works great easy snap open insert and close
The insulated 7 frame hive seems solid. I like all of the options available for bee entrances. I particularly like the hive top feeder. I have not used the division board yet but I can see its benefits for next spring when I make splits. The final verdict won’t be out until next Spring. Let’s see how it compares to traditional wood boxes…
Love the quality of the product
Great hive!!! Has a ton of options that other hive don’t have. I am super happy with this purchase!!!
We are new to beekeeping but so far we are learning about the apimaye and love that it is well built and we are feeding 1:1 sugar water in the upper feed tray! So far so good!
I don't normally leave reviews but here at Patriot Pollen we have switched to all Apimaye hives and it's amazing! No more rotten, cracked, damaged wood. Easy to pick up and transport hives, we aren't wondering were they entrance reducer went. Bees love the hives and thrive faster than they did in the wooden ones. Winters in the North East have less loss. Wouldn't use anything else!
A great product and Fantastic support staff
I had one of these feeders that came with the upgrade kit for wooden hives. I liked it so much I bought 3 more feeders. I do put a small piece of sponge as I was having an issue with some bees drowning on my first feeder. Customer service gave excellent advice.
Excellent product it worked out perfect for my application
What customers think about the store
Store specializing in insulated beekeeping equipment with excellent durability and winter survival rates. Customers praise quality construction, innovative features like built-in feeders and pollen traps, and responsive customer service. Products help bees thr...