8 Frame Medium Beehive

Create and customize your own hive with two available shapes the g star and r star.

8 frame medium beehive.

No need to worry about purchasing separate boxes or two sizes of frames. You should choose to use either 8 frame equipment or 10 frame equipment. Beekeepers will also use 10 frame shallow boxes as well but not as commonly as in the past. The most common bee equipment in the us is a combination of 10 frame deep boxes and 10 frame medium boxes.

A ten frame medium weighs 60 pounds 27kg. The depths for the three sizes are the same as for standard boxes but the boxes are narrower and will only hold eight frames. Quantity discounts are available for orders of 100 or more. They come with wedge top bars and a choice of either slotted bottom bars wtb sbb or grooved bottom bars wtb gbb.

We stock cypress bee boxes 8 frame supers 8 frame bee hive plans and everything else for your 8 frame hive from covers to bottom boards. Eight frame equipment is available. This medium 8 frame beehive super kit saves you time and money in preparation for the beekeeping season. When full of honey a full 8 frame medium super will weigh 40 to 48 pounds while a full 10 frame medium will weigh 50 to 60 pounds.

A bottom board two deep boxes for the brood a queen excluder two shallow supers an inner cover and a telescopic cover. Unlike conventional langstroth hives the beecentric hive uses eight frame medium boxes for both brood and honey. We carry deep 9 1 8 medium 6 1 4 or shallow 5 3 8 frames. An eight frame medium weighs 48 pounds 22kg.

In other words a medium frame would not be used in a deep box. If you choose the simpler rabbet option you need to cut a 3 4 inch wide by 3 8 inch deep rabbet along each corner of the short sides of the hive bodies and the short sides of the medium super. 8 frame hive options have become more popular recently for good reason. Eight frame medium hive boxes for honey supers and brood boxes.

A standard box holds ten frames. Also you need to cut the long sides of the hive bodies and mediums to 19 1 8 inch when using the rabbet option rather than the 19 7 8 inch length when. Slight blemishes but still a good solid frame. The only difference between a brood box and honey super is what s in them.

8 frame wooden bee hive equipment is lighter than 10 frame equipment by approximately 20 percent.