These starter kit hives are ready to use and made to last:
There are plenty of options for getting started in beekeeping or purchasing a new hive setup, but this is probably the best value, best quality option we have come across. These double hives have the following features:
- Fully Assembled
- Fixed base, full depth brood box and full depth super
- Copper Naphthenate Soaked - for no less than 24 hours
- EVERY joint glued and nailed
- Painted with a layer of Undercoat
- 2 Coats of Exterior Paint
- 20 assembled and wired frames (beeswax foundation available separately)
- Budget Galvanised Queen Excluder
- Every Box has Strong Lifting Cleats - you can use a Hive Loader
- Migratory Lid - with Ventilation Holes
- Emlock - Galvanised Hive Strap
- Bottom Cleats
These complete beehives have been designed and built this way in Australia, for over 50 years.
