Ergo Insulated 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 1 division board.
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
- 1 Division/uniting board for brood
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Queen excluder
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2 Frame spacers
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Side latches and handles
Hard to tell how everything is working so soon. Trying to leave them alone to get adjusted to home. Was very impressed with quality and durability of the hive. Very heavy and solid with many nice features.
The reason I wish I had not bought this is because I now realize that I am doomed to replace all of my hives with Apimaye. Insulation, ventilation, pollen collection, screened or solid bottom boards, queen excluder, feeders, entrance reducers, drift reduction with color identification (yes you can get lots more colors) - all built into the plan. Even the inspections are better because the boxes are not stuck together as much as the woodenware. I should’ve started with this. Like most beekeepers I had to go through the build it all yourself stage. I’m past that. Take my money.
I can’t say enough about this hive, I'm only limited by my imagination!
Newer to bee keeping (4th year trying to figure it out), but love these hives. So much easier for me to inspect by myself. Can't wait to see how they do through a Michigan winter
Everything is very functional! mechanically speaking it’s the tank of beehives very well built👍
