Ergo PLUS White 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
- Superior summer performance in extreme summer heat since white is the most reflecting color.
- 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 White 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
WAY LESS MAINTENANCE THAN WOOD HIVES
No rot. Easy to use. Fits standard frames. I do a three part review of them.
This is a well built and easy to set up hive. My bees settled down into their with little stress and hopefully will be a lot warmer this winter. I will report the results in the spring.
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.