8 Frame Medium Hive Body

8 frame hive options have become more popular recently for good reason.

8 frame medium hive body.

In contrast ten frame deep boxes filled with honey can weigh between 75 and 90lbs. With so many 8 frame unassembled boxes available you can find the right frame for your hive to thrive in. Ensure your beehive boxes are put together the right way by doing it yourself. Beekeepers will also use 10 frame shallow boxes as well but not as commonly as in the past.

Simple flat covers with top entrances. A standard 10 frame medium depth hive body. I m one of those beekeepers with the bad back. To add to the confusion a hive body is sometimes referred to as a brood chamber.

When filled with honey eight frame medium boxes weigh between 40 and 50lbs. These are more my current typical hive. Deep medium and shallow. You should choose to use either 8 frame equipment or 10 frame equipment.

For the 3 4 finger joints start your first cut 3 4 from the bottom. Deep hive bodies eight frame version quantity material dimensions notes. The frames that fit inside the boxes are sized accordingly and are only used in boxes of corresponding depth. Eight frame instead of ten frame.

I will refer to both hive bodies and supers as boxes. I try to run about 15 20 colonies a year. A table is pro vided at the back of this article with the sizes of the various components for an 8 frame hive and a 5 frame nuc in full me dium shallow and comb honey depths. There are boxes of three depths.

Create and customize your own hive with two available shapes the g star and r star. Since i m an old geezer the 8 frame mediums work well as a standard size for all equipment plus the weight of each box is not as heavy as a 10 frame deep or medium. Note that the top finger is 5 8 not 3 4 and is trimmed to 3 8 long. However i find that some frames can be a bit short and slip.

The one on the left is a ten frame hive with an eight frame super. The most common bee equipment in the us is a combination of 10 frame deep boxes and 10 frame medium boxes. 1 x 12 clear pine. The 19 7 8 length of the hive bodies is industry standard.

Hives are checked weekly at that time and any queen cells are moved to a nuc. We carry strong and durable 8 frame unassembled hive bodies that are safe and easy to assemble. In other words a. Bee hive box sizes.

All eight frame medium boxes. Solid bottoms that double as feeder. 19 7 8 x 9 5 8 x 3 4 these are the long sides. The 8 frame hive eliminates this problem by matching the hive to the natural dimensions of the bee cluster making is a must have feature for cooler climate beekeepers.