I m one of those beekeepers with the bad back.
8 frame medium hive body.
Ensure your beehive boxes are put together the right way by doing it yourself.
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1 x 12 clear pine.
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.
The frames that fit inside the boxes are sized accordingly and are only used in boxes of corresponding depth.
Note that the top finger is 5 8 not 3 4 and is trimmed to 3 8 long.
These are more my current typical hive.
In contrast ten frame deep boxes filled with honey can weigh between 75 and 90lbs.
When filled with honey eight frame medium boxes weigh between 40 and 50lbs.
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.
For the 3 4 finger joints start your first cut 3 4 from the bottom.
The 19 7 8 length of the hive bodies is industry standard.
1 x 12 clear pine.
Deep hive bodies eight frame version quantity material dimensions notes.
However i find that some frames can be a bit short and slip.
To add to the confusion a hive body is sometimes referred to as a brood chamber.
There are boxes of three depths.
Eight frame instead of ten frame.
We carry strong and durable 8 frame unassembled hive bodies that are safe and easy to assemble.
I will refer to both hive bodies and supers as boxes.
All eight frame medium boxes.
The most common bee equipment in the us is a combination of 10 frame deep boxes and 10 frame medium boxes.
13 3 4 x 9 5 8 x 3 4.
I try to run about 15 20 colonies a year.
The one on the left is a ten frame hive with an eight frame super.
19 7 8 x 9 5 8 x 3 4 these are the long sides.
Bee hive box sizes.
Solid bottoms that double as feeder.
With so many 8 frame unassembled boxes available you can find the right frame for your hive to thrive in.
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.
Beekeepers will also use 10 frame shallow boxes as well but not as commonly as in the past.
A standard 10 frame medium depth hive body.
You should choose to use either 8 frame equipment or 10 frame equipment.
Deep medium and shallow.
The one on the right is a ten frame hive between two eight frame hives.
