Wood Hive Box Parts

What is a Hive Body and a Super exactly?

A Hive Body is sometimes called a brooder box and it is 9-5/8" deep. This is the first box above the Hive Bottom and it is where the colony lives. The frames in this first box are generally left alone and honey is never taken from this box. These boxes are also used as Deep Honey Supers but when they are full of honey they are very heavy and sometime hard to handle.

A Honey Super is a box that is just 6-5/8" deep and fits above the Hive Body. This box is generally used to hold honey until you "rob" it from the bees. To keep the queen out of this super you will need to place a queen excluder between the Hive Body and the Honey Super. This keeps the queen from laying eggs in this box but allows the workers to store their honey. Several of these boxes can be stacked up as the honey production increases.

You will want to select the style of starter kit you ordered (basic/pine or premium/cypress) to ensure that the boxes will match as you stack them up. They are all the same outside dimensions and commercial beekeepers don't really care what they look like but in a backyard beeyard it's nice to have everything look the same.  All Boxes, Frames and Foundations are proudly made in America.

Pine Hive Body (brooder), 10 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Hive Body (brooder), 10 Frame, Box Jointed - Unassembled - H01-10PHB-BU $ 20.00
Pine Hive Body (brooder), 10 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Hive Body (brooder), 10 Frame, Box Jointed - unassembled with unassembled pine frames and Black wax coated plastic foundation - H01- 10PHB-BFFU $ 53.00
Pine Hive Body (brooder), 10 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Hive Body (brooder), 10 Frame, Box Jointed - Assembled and Painted - H01-10PHBP-BA $ 24.00
Pine Hive Body (brooder), 10 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Hive Body (brooder), 10 Frame, Box Jointed - Assembled/painted with assembled pine frames and black wax coated plastic foundation - H01-10PHBP-BFFA $ 64.00
Pine Hive Body (brooder), 8 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Hive Body (brooder), 8 Frame, Box Jointed - Unassembled - H01-8PHB-BU $ 20.00
Pine Hive Body (brooder), 8 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Hive Body (brooder), 8 Frame, Box Jointed - unassembled with unassembled pine frames and Black wax coated plastic foundation - H01-8PHBBFFU $ 48.00
Pine Hive Body (brooder), 8 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Hive Body (brooder), 8 Frame, Box Jointed - Assembled and Painted - H01-8PHBP-BA $ 24.00
Pine Hive Body (brooder), 8 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Hive Body (brooder), 8 Frame, Box Jointed - Assembled/painted with assembled pine frames and black wax coated plastic foundation - H01-8PHBP-BFFA $ 56.00
Pine Honey Super, 8 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Honey Super, 8 Frame, Box Jointed - Unassembled - H01-8PHS-BU $ 16.50
Pine Honey Super, 8 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Honey Super, 8 Frame, Box Jointed - unassembled with unassembled pine frames and white wax coated plastic foundation - H01-8PHS-BFFU $ 41.30
Pine Honey Super, 8 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Honey Super, 8 Frame, Box Jointed - Assembled and painted - H01-8PHS-BA $ 20.00
Pine Honey Super, 8 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Honey Super, 8 Frame, Box Jointed - assembled/painted/w assembled pine frames and white wax coated plastic foundation - H01--8PHS-BFFA $ 48.80
Solid Plywood Top, 8 Frame Solid Plywood Top, 8 Frame - Unpainted Plywood Top - H01-8PLY SOLID TOP $ 17.50
Solid Plywood Top, 8 Frame Solid Plywood Top, 8 Frame - Unpainted Plywood Top w/ Feeder Hole - H01-8PLY TOPw/FH $ 18.50
Solid Plywood Top, 8 Frame Solid Plywood Top, 8 Frame - Painted Plywood Top - H01-8PLY TOP/PAINTED $ 20.50
Solid Plywood Top, 8 Frame Solid Plywood Top, 8 Frame - Painted Plywood Top w/ Feeder Hole - H01-8PLY TOP/PTDw/FH $ 16.50
Pine Solid Bottom, 10 Frame, Assembled Pine Solid Bottom, 10 Frame, Assembled - Unpainted - 10FPSB-UPTD $ 18.00
Pine Solid Bottom, 10 Frame, Assembled Pine Solid Bottom, 10 Frame, Assembled - Painted - 10PSB-PTD $ 22.00
Pine Solid Bottom, 8 Frame, Assembled Pine Solid Bottom, 8 Frame, Assembled - Unpainted - H01-8PPSB-A $ 18.00
Pine Solid Bottom, 8 Frame, Assembled Pine Solid Bottom, 8 Frame, Assembled - Painted - H01-8PPSB-PTD $ 22.00
Single Hive Stand Cypress, 10 or 8 Frame Single Hive Stand Cypress, 10 or 8 Frame - Assembled - H01-CSHS-A $ 69.95
Single Hive Stand Cypress, 10 or 8 Frame Single Hive Stand Cypress, 10 or 8 Frame - Unassembled - H01-CSHS-U $ 69.95
Plywood Inner Cover, 8 frame Plywood Inner Cover, 8 frame - 8 Frame Plywood Inner Cover - H01-8PLY/INTERCVR $ 17.99
Plywood Inner Cover, 10 frame Plywood Inner Cover, 10 frame - 10 Frame Plywood Inner Cover - 10PIC $ 17.99
Pierco Wax Coated Plastic Foundation Pierco Wax Coated Plastic Foundation - Hive Body - P01-WF-HB $ 1.80
Pierco Wax Coated Plastic Foundation Pierco Wax Coated Plastic Foundation - Honey Super - P01-WF-HS $ 1.40
10 Frame Pine Screen Bottom Unpainted 10 Frame Pine Screen Bottom Unpainted - H01-10PSCRBTM-U $ 20.00
Pine Honey Super, 10 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Honey Super, 10 Frame, Box Jointed - Unassembled - H01-10PHS-BU $ 16.50
Pine Honey Super, 10 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Honey Super, 10 Frame, Box Jointed - unassembled with unassembled pine frames and white wax coated plastic foundation - H01-10PHS-BFFU $ 43.50
Pine Honey Super, 10 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Honey Super, 10 Frame, Box Jointed - Assembled and Painted - H-1-10PHSP-BA $ 20.00
Pine Honey Super, 10 Frame, Box Jointed Pine Honey Super, 10 Frame, Box Jointed - Assembled/painted with assembled pine frames and white wax coated plastic foundation - H01-10PHSP-BFFA $ 56.00
Pine Telescoping Top, 10 frame Pine Telescoping Top, 10 frame - telescoping top / unpainted - Telescoping Top / painted $ 18.00
Pine Telescoping Top, 10 frame Pine Telescoping Top, 10 frame - telescoping top / painted $ 22.00
Pine Migratory Top/10 frame Pine Migratory Top/10 frame - Painted - 10F Migatory Top/P $ 18.00
Pine Migratory Top/10 frame Pine Migratory Top/10 frame - Unpainted - 10F Migatory Top $ 15.00
Pine Migatory top/8 frame Pine Migatory top/8 frame - Painted - 8F Migatory Top/P $ 18.00
Pine Migatory top/8 frame Pine Migatory top/8 frame - Unpainted - 8F Migatory Top/Unptd $ 15.00