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.
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.
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.
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.
Easy to use and one hive actually made it through the harsh Minnesota winter this year!
Cathy McNeff Shaw
Makes being a beginner beekeeper less stressful.
Dan Misuraca
Love it so far. I think it will be great for this crazy Texas weather
Jennifer Dotson
Simply the best. I live in sub-zero temperatures in the the winter in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. These hives keep my bees toasty warm in the winter with perfect ventilation for zero moisture. Cool in the summer... the bees don’t work as hard to heat and cool the hive and are able to work more efficiently... which equates to more honey in my honest opinion.
Tom Rosemurgy
These hives speak for them selves. The quality is amazing I would recommend this to any bee keeper.
Dominic Price
Best product and service available for beekeeping. I understand that the Apimaye would be too expensive for the mega honey producers but it's perfect for the small beekeepers.
Wilmer Gingerich
Easy to use and one hive actually made it through the harsh Minnesota winter this year!
Cathy McNeff Shaw
Makes being a beginner beekeeper less stressful.
Dan Misuraca
Love it so far. I think it will be great for this crazy Texas weather
Jennifer Dotson
Simply the best. I live in sub-zero temperatures in the the winter in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. These hives keep my bees toasty warm in the winter with perfect ventilation for zero moisture. Cool in the summer... the bees don’t work as hard to heat and cool the hive and are able to work more efficiently... which equates to more honey in my honest opinion.
Tom Rosemurgy
These hives speak for them selves. The quality is amazing I would recommend this to any bee keeper.
Dominic Price
Best product and service available for beekeeping. I understand that the Apimaye would be too expensive for the mega honey producers but it's perfect for the small beekeepers.
Wilmer Gingerich
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Great hive!
I have more 10 frame Apimaye hives than 7. There is no doubt the 7 frames handle the 6+ months of our "winter" very well and build up considerably faster in the spring. The 7 frame set up put way more honey away also. I will be adding more!
I gave up on beekeeping as a hobby before because I kept losing my colonies and had to start over. But I missed having bees and seeing their daily activity in my yard. I decided to give Apimaye hives a try. My bees survived winter successfully and went into spring so strong that they caught me off guard and swarmed three times in three days! Now I have four colonies! Apimaye makes it much easier with all the built in features!
These supers are wonderful! They stack/nest perfectly with my Apimayes hives, I love that they have the latches and handles too! I use wooden frames with plastic foundation for my honey supers and they fit awesome and I can do e out her 9 or 10 frames in my supers. These last forever and look & work great.
Excellent hives! I only have one apimaye as of right now but will definitely be getting more. That hive is the first one every morning up and at it! Excited to see how the bees do in the cold Maine winters in they’re new setup!!
This system is low/no upkeep for the most. Well-built and the modular system works great. The enclosed feeders are a great plus and really it is hard to beat the Apimaye system. Costly compared to traditional???? Sure, but did I mention, no upkeep like wood! The accessories are priced to sell also! Yes, I could have had twice the amount of wood hives to these but I feel like I have the Ferrari of hives.
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...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 levels. The hives are bear-resistant and help keep bees safe during extreme weather. While the upfront cost is higher, customers feel the long-term benefits justify the investment.