Apiary Starter Kits
Apiary Starter Kits
Our Honey Super Deluxe Set with Tools & Class. Classes are held the mornings, until noon, on designated Bee & Supply Pick Up weekend dates shown below.
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Starter Kit - 1 Hive with Italian Bees, Tools & Class Seat $595
up to 3 additional Class Seats $40 each with Kit (reg. $50 each)
Add Additional Hives $550 each (with honey super)
The additional hives do not include additional tools or class seats, just the hives.
Starter Kit - 1 Hive with Italian Bees, Tools & Class Seat $595
up to 3 additional Class Seats $40 each with Kit (reg. $50 each)
Add Additional Hives $550 each (with honey super)
The additional hives do not include additional tools or class seats, just the hives.
Scroll to see multiple Pick Up Date options displayed down below in the order form section of this page. Find the order form box to use with the date that best fits your schedule and availability.
Click or tap the item's Description/Price to see the additional available options (like coatings). Make a choice, then enter your contact info and click or tap Add to Cart.
Scroll further down for more information and a complete Description of this specific set.
Note: The Apiary Starter Kit comes with 1 seat for the hand's on part of the class. Add additional seats at $40 each, a $10 discount when buying a kit. Use the options to select Paint or Wax coating, then select the total number of seats you expect to need from the down-arrow menu.
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If you need more than one hive and want more of the same format,... Order Additional Hives from $550 each
Each White Painted or Hot Wax Dipped Honey Super Deluxe Set comes complete with the following:
1 - 5 Frame Nuc of Italian Bees with Mated Queen (not marked)
1 - Telescoping Top Cover
1 - Inner Cover (not showing)
1 - 6 5/8" Medium Hive Body (aka med honey super) & 10 New Frames
1 - 9 5/8" Deep Hive Body (aka brood box) & 3 New Frames
1 - 1.5 Gallon Frame Syrup Feeder (not filled with syrup)
1 - 3" IPM Screened Bottom Board (including debris board)
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1 - 4" Screened Bottom Board (including debris board)
1 - Entrance Reducer (secured and closed before transport)
1 - New Mite Control Strip (hanging between middle brood frames)
1 - 4" x 7" Smoker
1 - 9" Hive Tool
1 - Seat in the class (additional seats available at $40 each)
Queens are not marked or clipped
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Description
Description
These Hive Sets are ready to set on your hive stand and release the bees as soon as you get them to your designated apiary location. There is no need for any waiting period. Let them fly so they can orient and go find water and other resources in their new zip code.
The Apiary Starter Kit includes this Honey Super Deluxe Set, which comes complete with mated queens & a 5 frame Nuc of Bees installed into a 10 Frame Langstroth Style hive body with 3 new frames and a 1.5 gallon feeder. The bees are ready to release for flight upon arrival at their new location. During the growing season, they will soon need more growing room to prevent swarming, so this set includes the one extra box with frames for expansion.
Addition boxes can be ordered at the same time to save a trip.
Quick Recap - The hives are made with white pine and every box is nailed or stapled and glued for added strength and stability. The sets come complete with a 1.5 Gallon Frame Pro Feeder, assembled and coated Hive Body, assembled Wood Frames, 8 total per box - 5 with comb and bees (the nuc) and 3 blank Frames with Waxed Rite-Cell® Foundation. You will also receive an assembled Telescoping Top Cover with Inner Cover, Screened Bottom Board and Entrance Reducer, 1 - 4" x 7" Smoker, 1 - 9" Hive Tool, 1 Seat in the Basic Beekeeping Class . Hive stands are not included.
Frequently Bought Together - Optional Recommended Add-ons
If we don't stock it, we can get it!
This image shows the sizes of the top, hive body, and bottom board. This should help for making hive stands and/or making arrangements for loading into the space available in a vehicle.
Basically each unit will have a footprint of just under 19" x 24" (call it 2 foot by 2 foot for round figures) and can be stacked several layers high transporting.
Ready for Transport
The hives are bound together with ratchet straps to hold the hive parts together for transport. The entrances are plugged and secured with the bees inside the night before pick up.
The screened bottom board comes with an insert, called a "debris board", that slides into the bottom for winter or removed when needed for more ventilation... i.e. while transporting hives in warm weather.
The debris board will be held to the hive with the ratchet strap above the top cover for transport and should be stored indoors until fall when the night time temperatures fall into the 50s regularly, then inserted into the groove in the bottom board from the back side. This prevents cold air from blowing into the hive and allows the bees to keep the cluster warmer with less effort.
We will gladly demonstrate this process when you pick up your hives.
Find more tips and important info in the Bee Pick Up Day FAQs page.
More information
More information
These pages offer additional information about keeping healthy bees.
Varroa Mites What's the problem?
Varroa Behavior Know the enemy!
Checking for Mites How to test
Treating for Mites Solution options
Feeding Bees Aren't the flowers enough?
Watering Bees 1 to 3 gallons per hive per day is normal
Installing New Queens Standard vs Slow Introduction Explained
and more popular topics can be found in the FAQs & How To section of our website
These Hive Sets can be stacked for easy transport and are best kept in the shade when not moving.
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