Apimaye Insulated 7 Frame Langstroth Nucleus Assembled Bee Hive Set Nuc Queen Castle with Built in Screened Bottom Board, Entrance Reducers and Top Feeders

We have been bee keepers for 2 years. My wife has always Loved bees and she joined a local bee club and currently we have 2 active hives. We are not professional beekeepers but we have spent a considerable amount of time learning all we can from the club and mentors there. Also, there is a wealth on knowledge on YouTube videos. That is where I found out about these hives. We Love our bees and want to provide the best environment we can for them and this review is a reflection of our experience. Apimaye offers a bottom tray and this was my first purchase, it fits perfectly on the Langstroth hives. It is a must addition in my opinion. It has almost single handily solved our hive beetle issues which were really bad this year in Florida. The reason we purchased the Nuc is because we occasionally go and catch wild swarms. It is always an issue on the size of the swarm (hive is usually to large for the swarm) and feeding them is not easy. Not to mention hive beetles and other pests. This Nuc solved them all, I have found dozens of beetle and many moths in the tray - this really helps the hive concentrate on building and growing the hive instead of focusing on pests. It really amazes me how many beetles we find, when we do hive inspections it is rare to find any beetles now. It is also very easy to feed with this hive. The Biggest reason I chose the Nuc though is because you can control how large it is with the divider bar - to much real estate for bees is not a good thing, we had a hive beetle infestation on one hive because the bees could not defend it. This hive solves that problem because you can control how large the hive is and also control the hive opening size with a slide bar in about 5 seconds. Our last swarm we caught is thriving in the hive and they will need to be moved soon into a larger hive box. We have several Langstroth hives so I have not purchased the Ergo hive yet but if I was needing a new hive I would purchase the Ergo. One really nice feature is the latches on the hive make for easy transport and you also know the hives are secure. I highly recommend this Nuc and I highly recommend the bottom tray.

Amazing kit but I think I’d like the 10 frames better if I’m splicing them to make two hives maybe box could be a bit bigger for that as well..

I used it to transport a swarm so far. Worked great.

Looks great for a bee home. Very expensive if ordering from Canada. As pay for item plus customs taxes. I have to still to find funds to purchase insert frames to complete the package. I think for the price frames to be included. Bit of a hassle.

Can’t beat this hive for Canada, shipping speed was decent and hive arrived in perfect condition. Ordered after spring so no bees yet, next season hopefully. Looking to add 2 supers