Ergo PLUS Single Brood Box Beehive Set
Our Single Brood Box Beehive set is the base for all the Ergo PLUS hives we offer at Apimaye. All our 10 frame hives are shipped as single box hive (this hive). This means they have all the features, including the insulation, screen bottom board with pollen trap, queen excluder, top feeders, and 2 division boards.
Ideal For:
New beekeepers who start beekeeping by buying package bees or nucs (Short for nucleus colonies). Bees will build the combs and fill it up with honey and brood in about 2-3 weeks. Keep in mind that it is difficult to maintain the colony in a single box hive. The colony will swarm when it get strong and congested. Therefore you need to either divide the colony to prevent swarming or need to buy supers of your choice.
Product Notes
- If you are in a hot area like here in Phoenix, or have high UV index, we'd suggest you get the white hives instead of the tan colored.
- The price will change as the frame and foundation options are chosen.
- If you'd like to know more about our different frame options, you can read our blog post here, and decide which option is the best for you.
- Entrance color choices are purely for aesthetics, but if you have a large apiary with Apimaye hives, we'd suggest you mix and match the entrance colors to make it easier for the bees :)
Standard features from top to bottom:
- Insulated hive top cover
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Top feeder (Half Feeder) (1 gallon capacity) or optional Dual Feeder
- 1 Tan colored insulated deep brood box
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Screened bottom board with pollen trap and drawer
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Multi functional slot
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Division/uniting board
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Queen excluder
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2 Frame spacers
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Side latches and handles
I started out with the 7 frame nucleus so that I could more easily navigate the hive and get to know my bees. After a yr I decided it was time to get the 10 frame and now I plan to expand my apiary with exclusively ergo 10 frame hives. Here in Delaware our weather is very up and down with summers near 100 and winters in 20s and 30s. I find my bees thrive in these insulated boxes. Apimaye has designed a hive that really works great for the bees. In my opinion bees deserve a better home and these boxes provide one. I highly recommend especially for a new bee keeper.
Very easy to use as a new beekeeper. Great customer service. They sent a white medium instead of all tan and they sent me a return label to ship back the incorrect one and shipped a new one right away.
LOVE LOVE LOVE! Had a bear come through my property and knock over my beehive. The beehive is still intact with no damage just mud from his paws. My bee colony survived and is doing well! Thank you so much apimaye for making high quality products! Beehive-1 Bear-0
The Best
The Ergo Plus Single Brood Box is extremely well-made; it feels like it will last for years if not decades. Its design is well thought-through, and it comes with everything you might need - feeders, queen excluder, pollen trap, entrance reducer. Customer support is excellent. I await full proof of the hive's insulating qualities through a New England winter, but already in mid-September here in Massachusetts, I've noticed that while the queens in my wooden hives have stopped laying, there yet are eggs in the Apimaye hives. The up-front cost gave me reason for pause, but I suspect I will be grateful for the quality long after I've forgotten the price. And - if my bees make it through the winter, and I don't need to "re-bee" in the spring - my hunch is that these hives will have paid for themselves in just a few seasons. These hives are a pleasure to use. I am super-happy with the purchase.