I like convenience this board gives if we need to move the bees. Quick and easy to close them in.
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Carl W Adamczak Jr
Thanks for the upgrade options
I have been using wooden hives for several years and I have upgraded boxes to 2x12, 1 1/2” versus 3/4” boards. I am phasing all of the 3/4” boxes to be swarm traps, but for the three thick box hives, I like that I can upgrade them to get another 3-4 years of use as I upgrade to all Apimaye hives.
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Buddy B
Landing board
I came to this site to hopefully find an Apimaye landing board that would fit my brand new Apimaye hives and agree with the previous comment- yes it would be nice if they could add an option of a larger landing board to their hives. Thank you
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Jeff Forth
Make the landing boards available for new Apimaye standard hives
My old wooden hives had a larger landing board surface as compared to my new Apimaye hives. Apimaye makes a larger landing board, but it only can be applied to older wooden hives. I bought several without realizing this. I modified them with a couple of simple metal brackets and they work great on my new Apimaye hives. I would like to see Apimaye incorporate this feature (option/standard) into their future hives development. Photos on Apimaye Facebook group.
Thanks, J-
The insulated 7 frame hive seems solid. I like all of the options available for bee entrances. I particularly like the hive top feeder. I have not used the division board yet but I can see its benefits for next spring when I make splits. The final verdict won’t be out until next Spring. Let’s see how it compares to traditional wood boxes…
We are new to beekeeping but so far we are learning about the apimaye and love that it is well built and we are feeding 1:1 sugar water in the upper feed tray! So far so good!