Insulated 3-Box Beehive Kit — 10-Frame, 2 Brood + Honey Super, Plastic

Insulated Plastic Beehive — Built to Outperform Wood

FRAMES SOLD SEPARATELY (ALL DEEP FRAMES, Plastic or Wood will fit)

Give your colony the best possible home. This 3-ply insulated plastic beehive maintains a stable internal climate year-round, so your bees spend less energy heating and cooling and more energy making honey. Built from high-density polystyrene sandwiched between durable plastic walls, this hive is lighter, stronger, and longer-lasting than traditional wood.

Why Beekeepers Are Switching to Insulated Plastic

• Year-Round Temperature Control — Triple-wall insulated construction keeps the hive cool in summer and warm through winter, reducing colony stress in any climate
• Up to 35% More Honey — When bees aren't burning energy and honey stores to regulate temperature, they focus on foraging and comb-building. Beekeepers consistently report significantly higher yields from insulated hives
• Rot Proof & Moisture Resistant — Unlike wood, this hive will never rot, warp, crack, or absorb water. No painting, no sealing, no weatherproofing — ever
• Lightweight — Weighs roughly half as much as a comparable wood hive, making inspections, harvesting, and hive moves much easier on your back
• Extreme Durability — Impact resistant and built to handle heavy loads. Expect 10+ years of service with zero maintenance
• UV & Weather Resistant — Stands up to sun, rain, and wind season after season without breaking down
• Reduced Moisture Buildup — Insulation prevents condensation inside the hive, meaning less mold and healthier bees through the wet months
• Treatment Safe — Compatible with common hive treatments including oxalic acid, formic acid, and caustic potash
• Standard 10-Frame Langstroth — Fully compatible with all standard Langstroth frames, foundations, and accessories

Built-In Top Feeder

The inner cover doubles as a built-in feeder — fill it with sugar syrup to feed your colony without ever opening the hive. No separate hive-top feeder required.

Advanced Bottom Board

The ventilated bottom board is packed with features you'd normally have to buy separately:

• Built-In Pollen Trap — Slides into the bottom board for hygienic pollen collection. When pollen season is over, slide it out and replace with the included red blind plug.
• Screened Ventilation — Allows airflow in hot weather and helps remove excess moisture in cold weather, helping honey mature faster
• Sliding Entrance Reducer — Manage hive access and defend against robbing

What's Included

• 1x Hive Top Cover (insulated)
• 1x Inner Cover / Feeder
• 3x Insulated Hive Boxes (10-frame) — 2 deep brood + 1 honey super
• 1x Queen Excluder
• 1x Bee Escape
• 6x Round Bee Entrances
• 1x Sliding Entrance Reducer
• 6x Frame Limiters
• 1x Division Board
• 1x Bottom Board with Built-In Pollen Trap
  
• 6x Buckles with screws
• 6x Screws for Bottom Board
• 8x Screws for Bee Entrances
• 30x Screws for Buckles

The Lid / Top Cover: The top cover has a built-in 1-gallon feeder integrated right into it. You can feed your bees sugar syrup without ever opening the hive — just pour it in from the top. The inner cover has a feeding hole that connects to the feeder reservoir. The whole lid is insulated just like the boxes, so it helps maintain hive temperature while also giving you that convenient feeding option. No more stacking a separate hive-top feeder or using entrance feeders.

The Bottom Board: This is where it gets really nice compared to a basic wood bottom. It's a ventilated screened bottom board with multiple built-in features:

• Varroa monitoring tray — A slide-out drawer underneath the screened floor. Mites fall through the mesh and land on the tray, so you can check your mite counts without cracking open the hive. You can also slide it closed in winter to seal things up and retain heat.
• Built-in pollen trap — Integrated into the bottom board so you can collect pollen cleanly without a separate add-on. The mesh is designed to avoid injuring bees while stripping pollen from their legs.
• Pollen collection drawer — A separate tray that slides out so you can harvest the pollen hygienically.
• Ventilation control — The screened floor allows airflow in hot weather to help cool the hive and remove excess moisture. In cold weather, you close the tray to seal it off and keep heat in. This moisture control also helps honey mature faster.
• Entrance reducer — Built-in or included for managing hive access and defending against robbing.

So basically the top and bottom are doing a lot of heavy lifting compared to a standard wood hive setup. You'd normally have to buy a feeder, a varroa screen, and a pollen trap all separately — on this hive it's all built in.

Good to Know

This kit ships in 2 boxes. Box 2 is automatically added to your cart at no extra charge — both boxes are required for your complete kit. Some assembly required. Ready to set up right out of the box with no painting or weatherproofing needed.