Next Generation Bee Hive
The Apimaye beehive was developed to make it easier to manage a colony of bees and produce more honey.
The innovative all-round double layer insulation helps keeping the colony warm in the winter and cool in the summer. A special filling material used in the top cover and side walls of Thermo Hives provides thermal insulation, offering a suitable habitat for the colony in different climate conditions.
Thermal Insulation & Active Ventilation
With the R value 6.93, Apimaye Thermo Bee Hives are more than 6 times more heat insulating than wooden hives.
The design of the hives allows the incoming air from the screened bottom board, rise all the way through the ventilation ducts, and exit through the louvres on the hive top cover. This enables an effective air circulation in the hive. The ventilation system prevents any rise of humidity in the hive, preventing any yeast or mold formation, increasing the survival of colonies during winter.
Everything in One Package
Apimaye Thermo Hives are designed and include several accessories as standard such as queen excluder, removable bottom tray (Traps Varroa mite and small hive beetle when used with a sticky board), pollen trap, entrance reducer, mouse guard, top feeder, lock and latch handles, plastic frames, division & uniting board to provide all beekeepers needs and requirements.
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.
Testimonials
Let customers speak for us
I have 4 of these bottom boards so far. They are easy to install on the wood hives. It has everything you need in a screen bottom board. Entrance reducer, pull out tray, pollen trap and landing board. I will definitely be buying more.
I absolutely love these vent covers! I live in north central Texas near the Oklahoma border (think Wichita Falls, TX) and the summers can be extremely hot, as in weeks on end triple digits. So, in the summer I leave these top cover vents open. But just as the summers are hot, the winters can be unforgivingly cold, as in days and days (up to two weeks) below freezing (32 Fahrenheit, 0 Celsius) and even getting to wind chills below -20 Fahrenheit. In the winter I can now close up the top cover without worry, and prevent the loss of heat to help the bees (I hope) stay warm and preserve resources.
I should have started with these feeders. They are expensive but I can honestly say I have never found a dead bee in the feeder. Bought my first one and then had to buy two more. My bee Keeper friends who saw mine also decided to buy some. I have one have without Apimaye and it beards vs no beard with Apimaye.
The red plug was missing but the replacement was sent out quickly and I was able to get it installed no problem! I absolutely love these hives. It is my third one in my apiary.
These work well with the Apimaye hives, but I would like to see a metal queen Excluder for them also
I have 7 Apimaye hives and I believe the bees over winter better in them than in a wooden box. I came out of winter with lots of left over honey, the bees didn't have to work as hard to stay warm.
Very nice hive. Bit on the pricey side butt the bees seem to like them.
I like these frames so hive beetles have less spots to hide and they are easy to put on foundation.
I use these for the bees to either draw out more comb or I have drawn out comb for them to fill up from my support hives.
I really like these kits so turn supers into full apimaye hives. It allows me to make more traditional splits with two deeps.
I have been using this feeder for a year now. I decided to try the original feeder in my other Apimaye. I was very underwhelmed. This dual feeder is definitely easier to use. I like that it’s all a clear lid so you could see the syrup and pollen patty level. Highly recommend the upgrade!
I bought 3 of these in 2024, I have waited until now to write a review in order to allow enough time to pass for a proper accessment.
One year later i have found NOTHING wrong with these bottom boards.
The integrated pollen trap works very well which was my primary reason for the purchase. Add to that the entrance reducer/mouse guard, ventilated bottom board with slide out tray/beetle trap, fold out landing board that can be used to close entrance.
They were very easy to install, you will need a longer than usual **** tip for installation. I had a 4" that worked well.
The pilot holes for the screws are offset so that you can get your screws centered in the brood box walls to account for any dissimilar size boxes. A lot of R&D has gone into these.
I almost forgot to mention my bees overwintered as well or better than the ones on conventional bottom boards.
I will be replacing all of my bottom boards with Apimaye as they age out.
What customers think about the store
Apimaye offers innovative, user-friendly beehive products that are durable, well-insulated, and low-maintenance. Customers praise the ease of use, integrated features like feeders and pollen traps, and the ability to better regulate temperature and moisture le...