This 8 Frame starter hive includes everything you need to get your bees started. Add additional brood boxes or honey supers as needed. It includes a cypress screened bottom board, a deep hive body, inner cover, telescoping top, wooden wedge top/grooved bottom bar frames, beeswax coated plastic foundation, and a wooden entrance reducer.

Assembly: Always use wood glue on all joints. Use 44 - 6D or 7D common nails for the hive box, 10 - 1 1/4" Nails for the frames, and 3 to 5 - 5/8" nails for the wedge on the frames. The telescoping top, inner cover, and bottom board come preassembled.

We reserve the right to substitute items used to construct the hive based on availability and may be slightly different than depicted in the photographs.