BeeCastle 8 Frame Deep Hive Box

New to working with bees at Koinonia Farm, we are building our first hive with these products and are very impressed with the quality and craftsmanship. They were easily assembled and appears to be a very durable product.

I am a first year beekeeper who currently has only two hives. Each of those hives are from different manufacturers and one is wax-dipped while the other was unfinished and I had to find and use genuine tung oil to finish it. I prefer the wax-dipped hive for esthetic reasons and the claim of better longevity than painted hives. The problem I found with both hives was the fit of the boxes were both extremely tight and assembling them require a rubber mallet and the process cracked one of the boxes on each hive. Not so with this Bee Castle deep box! The fit was tight, but precisely fitted, requiring no hammering on the box to assemble, just solid bodily force to make the dovetails fit together perfectly. I didn't have to shave wax out of the dovetail joints to assemble the box. The quality of the frame parts for the wax foundations are equally a precise and quality fit. I simply could not be more pleased. I have two more complete large Bee Castle bee hives on order and can't wait to see if the quality standards are as high as this deep box has proven to be. If so, Bee Castle, you've made a customer for life!

Adding a second brood box to both my hives with these was very easy. The wax coating is much thicker than on the Chinese ones I have gotten in the past. The black plastic foundation has plenty of wax on it. Easy to assemble. So far the bees seem to like. We will see in a few weeks if they draw proper combs.

this is a great product that is built to last and looks great, it is supper ease to use and fit as it should as well

Bee Castle bee hives are great. The first hive I ever owned was a Bee Castle. It comes Disassembled, but installation was very easy and rook only a few minutes. They also come coated with a heavy coat of beeswax to protect the wooden box from the elements. Mine is now 2’years old, and beeswax is wearing off.

Well made and easy to assemble. Frames are held together with small nails (included) The box has perfectly cut dovetail corners, and held together with screws (included). All the pieces were cut to fit perfect and all was very easy to assemble. The wax coating smelled wonderful and also helped to keep the pieces together while assembling. No need to paint. Would buy again.

Good quality could be a little cheaper though

Holes predrilled,lots of wax,easy to put together

It's a good product.

Although it came in so many pieces, the assembly was easy and quick.

Très bien,

Nice kit fits together beautifully the only thing I didn't like is the plastic foundation had an unpleasant sent not like bees wax. I used it for a brood box the bee's don't seem to mind. All in all a decent starter box but I wouldn't recommend using it for a honey super.

Waxed boards are very nice. Great natural look with no need to paint:) mine fit together so good, I could have gotten away without screwing together. Wonderful fit. At around $70 to Canada was also a good price. Update June 2023 - would not buy waxed boxes again. They only look great when new. After out in the sun the finish wears off. Then you have a box that looks bad and you can't paint because there is wax residue on it. I will only buy boxes I can paint from now on.