Apimaye hives
Use your existing boxes and frames!
You have many choices with Apimaye. One is to continue using your existing equipment! The conversion kit lets you effortlessly move your existing hive boxes, bees and frames onto an Apimaye bottom board (which includes pollen collector, reducer, screened bottom, mite drop tray functionality and more) and cover it with an Apimaye insulated top that includes syrup and pollen patty/fondant feeder! When adding new food for the bees, you never have to open and expose the hive cluster to the elements!
Superior overwintering
The full Apimaye setup is a thing of wonder and reliable performance, and will command awe and respect in your apiary. Made from food-grade, ACP virgin plastic and closed-cell foam, the R-value is nearly 7, far better than a thick tree trunk provides in nature. The hives are independently Prop 65 certified and off-gassing is minimum due to the food-grade materials used. It's as important to me as it is to you that your bees survive winter but that starts with you - and this setup was designed from the ground up to give you an easy, affordable advantage there.Apimaye hives are designed to have an active ventilation system, hence resisting fungus growth, condensation, and mold, which are common problems in wooden hives. Apimaye beehive is equipped with a screened bottom board which enables air intake. The top feeder located on the top contains air slots in the perimeter enabling the moisture to leave the hive body, and the telescopic hive top cover has slots in the front and in the back to let the moisture out of the beehive. In addition, there are adjustable round entrances on the deep hive bodies which can be used for bee entrance or for ventilation.
Loaded with value
Apimaye beehive sets come loaded with accessories totaling more than $100. Each of our hives are equipped with a screened bottom board with mite tray which are proven to help fighting small hive beetle and Varroa mites. There is also an integrated pollen trap and a pollen tray to collect fresh local pollen during high pollen season.
On top of our 2 story beehive, you can find the zero-drown top feeder which can hold either a gallon syrup or your pollen patties to feed the bees.
The beehive set also comes with a queen excluder for adding a honey super and a division/uniting board for when you need to split a big colony or merge 2 weak colonies.
If you want to add extra supers, or want to harvest propolis, or need additional frames, frame spacers, round entrances, queen excluders, etc, we have them all ready for you.
The switch to Apimaye beehive is easy if you already have beekeeping equipment. Our beehive is standard Langstroth hive size therefore you can use any wooden or plastic frames interchangeably, or add your existing wooden supers on top of our Apimaye beehives. No need for extra 3D-printed shims or mouseguards or other gimmicks!