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
This is the best hive. I use it in Florida and helps bees regulate temperature better. Less bees fanning to regulate hive temps means more bees foraging.
The bottom boards are amazing. The easy entrance reducer, the screen and bottom tray are also a touch of genius. To combat hive beetles, which are a huge problem here, I fill the trays with diatomaceous earth and it’s a hive beetle massacre.
These hives have made all my colonies stronger. The vents are great on top to help the bees fan off excess moisture, which makes better quality honey.
The hive boxes latching together is great to keep a hive together in, I don’t know, a hurricane, lol. Weathered 2 hurricanes so far without issue. I hear it’s handy for bears too, but don’t have that first hand experience. The ants are enough, thank you. Which brings me to my last point…
Spring for the dual feeder. It’s a better feeder, period. I have some hives with the standard split feeder and the gaps are too big between the bee entrance area and feeder cover. BIG problems with ants on these. The dual feeders have tighter seals and just do an all round better job at keeping pests out of your feed. After all, we aren’t making gallons of sugar water to raise ant colonies.
Having both tan and white apimayes.
The white ones are by far my favorite out there. Good job Apimaye!
I love these hives. 20 Hives so far and will be buying many many more.
Shipped quick and arrived in perfect condition - this was a gift for my dad who does hobby beekeeping, so I'm excited to hear how it works for him this spring!
WAY LESS MAINTENANCE THAN WOOD HIVES