Home Harvest Hive            

I have a few langstroth hives and a fancy Italian hive (which was not a good purchase, I’ll admit it) and wanted to branch out into a Warre hive, something I’d heard was more natural (for the bees), and loved the look of this one as it has two viewing panes. The price was very good, the reviews were good too, so I ordered it.Sadly the first one arrived in a badly damaged box with gaping holes, really bashed about, one piece of glass was cracked, some wood was split etc. (when I told Wayfair they immediately sent a replacement – THANK YOU WAYFAIR).Every single piece inside the box was clearly labeled with a part number, even down to the screws (labeled in bags A, B or C) – which corresponded perfectly with the instructions.The wooden parts even had a basic coat of white paint, which is very good as any outdoor hive needs protective paint – I did decide to paint over it with LOW/NO TOXICITY PAINT (NO VOC), just an extra precaution as in Florida we have extreme heat and rain.Assembly was very straight forward, just followed the directions.One change I made was the latch – the bigger latch is attached to a fixed piece of wood (which is correct) but the smaller latch was attached to the removable piece of wood, the one you remove to look inside through the glass.That seems incorrect – if you turn the latch, it doesn’t do anything because it’s ON the piece of wood you take out.So I removed it and attached it to the fixed piece of wood above it, so that both latches now securely “lock” the piece in place.You don’t want any light seeping through the panels if possible, you want the hive to be as dark as possible inside, so having the removable panels securely in place is important.The boxes fitted very nicely on top of eachother, but they are easy to mis-align (as it’s easy with regular hives) – so I added stainless steel corner “joins”, kind of L shape pieces, so that the boxes line up easily.Everything else was superb.It’s smaller than my langstroth hive, but that’s not a bad thing – too early to put bees in there but I think it’s a great little hive.

I’m so pleased with this design, as this hive was created to support the natural preferences of bees.It was easy enough to assemble and move the pack of bees into, and it has stayed dry in bad thunderstorms.So far my bees have been very happy in their new home, and I am pleased with how cute this hive looks in comparison to the popular bee boxes.If I decide get more bees, this would again be in my first choice for their home.

I love the look of this. It reminded me of the backyard bee hives of the past. Good quality. My Jr. Son was able to assemble.

Very easy to put together. The directions were excellent, would recommend this to anyone to purchase only thing thought it would have the screens with it but still loved it.Thank you

Very pleased with this purhchase. The hive looks great, was easy to assemble, and the bees are doing great in it! Only thing I could suggest would be to have some tips/suggestions or something about how to put the bees in. The only way I could find them was in Langstroth nucs and it was dificult figuring out a way to introduce them to the hive. after thinking about it I figured the simplist way to go about it was to completely break the wood around the langstroth frame, cut the pre made guide in half, then put holes in it and zip tie it to a top bar.

I have a few langstroth hives and a fancy Italian hive (which was not a good purchase, I’ll admit it) and wanted to branch out into a Warre hive, something I’d heard was more natural (for the bees), and loved the look of this one as it has two viewing panes. The price was very good, the reviews were good too, so I ordered it.Sadly the first one arrived in a badly damaged box with gaping holes, really bashed about, one piece of glass was cracked, some wood was split etc. (when I told Wayfair they immediately sent a replacement – THANK YOU WAYFAIR).Every single piece inside the box was clearly labeled with a part number, even down to the screws (labeled in bags A, B or C) – which corresponded perfectly with the instructions.The wooden parts even had a basic coat of white paint, which is very good as any outdoor hive needs protective paint – I did decide to paint over it with LOW/NO TOXICITY PAINT (NO VOC), just an extra precaution as in Florida we have extreme heat and rain.Assembly was very straight forward, just followed the directions.One change I made was the latch – the bigger latch is attached to a fixed piece of wood (which is correct) but the smaller latch was attached to the removable piece of wood, the one you remove to look inside through the glass.That seems incorrect – if you turn the latch, it doesn’t do anything because it’s ON the piece of wood you take out.So I removed it and attached it to the fixed piece of wood above it, so that both latches now securely “lock” the piece in place.You don’t want any light seeping through the panels if possible, you want the hive to be as dark as possible inside, so having the removable panels securely in place is important.The boxes fitted very nicely on top of eachother, but they are easy to mis-align (as it’s easy with regular hives) – so I added stainless steel corner “joins”, kind of L shape pieces, so that the boxes line up easily.Everything else was superb.It’s smaller than my langstroth hive, but that’s not a bad thing – too early to put bees in there but I think it’s a great little hive.

I’m so pleased with this design, as this hive was created to support the natural preferences of bees.It was easy enough to assemble and move the pack of bees into, and it has stayed dry in bad thunderstorms.So far my bees have been very happy in their new home, and I am pleased with how cute this hive looks in comparison to the popular bee boxes.If I decide get more bees, this would again be in my first choice for their home.

I love the look of this. It reminded me of the backyard bee hives of the past. Good quality. My Jr. Son was able to assemble.

Very easy to put together. The directions were excellent, would recommend this to anyone to purchase only thing thought it would have the screens with it but still loved it.Thank you

Very pleased with this purhchase. The hive looks great, was easy to assemble, and the bees are doing great in it! Only thing I could suggest would be to have some tips/suggestions or something about how to put the bees in. The only way I could find them was in Langstroth nucs and it was dificult figuring out a way to introduce them to the hive. after thinking about it I figured the simplist way to go about it was to completely break the wood around the langstroth frame, cut the pre made guide in half, then put holes in it and zip tie it to a top bar.

I have a few langstroth hives and a fancy Italian hive (which was not a good purchase, I’ll admit it) and wanted to branch out into a Warre hive, something I’d heard was more natural (for the bees), and loved the look of this one as it has two viewing panes. The price was very good, the reviews were good too, so I ordered it.Sadly the first one arrived in a badly damaged box with gaping holes, really bashed about, one piece of glass was cracked, some wood was split etc. (when I told Wayfair they immediately sent a replacement – THANK YOU WAYFAIR).Every single piece inside the box was clearly labeled with a part number, even down to the screws (labeled in bags A, B or C) – which corresponded perfectly with the instructions.The wooden parts even had a basic coat of white paint, which is very good as any outdoor hive needs protective paint – I did decide to paint over it with LOW/NO TOXICITY PAINT (NO VOC), just an extra precaution as in Florida we have extreme heat and rain.Assembly was very straight forward, just followed the directions.One change I made was the latch – the bigger latch is attached to a fixed piece of wood (which is correct) but the smaller latch was attached to the removable piece of wood, the one you remove to look inside through the glass.That seems incorrect – if you turn the latch, it doesn’t do anything because it’s ON the piece of wood you take out.So I removed it and attached it to the fixed piece of wood above it, so that both latches now securely “lock” the piece in place.You don’t want any light seeping through the panels if possible, you want the hive to be as dark as possible inside, so having the removable panels securely in place is important.The boxes fitted very nicely on top of eachother, but they are easy to mis-align (as it’s easy with regular hives) – so I added stainless steel corner “joins”, kind of L shape pieces, so that the boxes line up easily.Everything else was superb.It’s smaller than my langstroth hive, but that’s not a bad thing – too early to put bees in there but I think it’s a great little hive.

I’m so pleased with this design, as this hive was created to support the natural preferences of bees.It was easy enough to assemble and move the pack of bees into, and it has stayed dry in bad thunderstorms.So far my bees have been very happy in their new home, and I am pleased with how cute this hive looks in comparison to the popular bee boxes.If I decide get more bees, this would again be in my first choice for their home.

I love the look of this. It reminded me of the backyard bee hives of the past. Good quality. My Jr. Son was able to assemble.

Very easy to put together. The directions were excellent, would recommend this to anyone to purchase only thing thought it would have the screens with it but still loved it.Thank you

Very pleased with this purhchase. The hive looks great, was easy to assemble, and the bees are doing great in it! Only thing I could suggest would be to have some tips/suggestions or something about how to put the bees in. The only way I could find them was in Langstroth nucs and it was dificult figuring out a way to introduce them to the hive. after thinking about it I figured the simplist way to go about it was to completely break the wood around the langstroth frame, cut the pre made guide in half, then put holes in it and zip tie it to a top bar.

I have a few langstroth hives and a fancy Italian hive (which was not a good purchase, I’ll admit it) and wanted to branch out into a Warre hive, something I’d heard was more natural (for the bees), and loved the look of this one as it has two viewing panes. The price was very good, the reviews were good too, so I ordered it.Sadly the first one arrived in a badly damaged box with gaping holes, really bashed about, one piece of glass was cracked, some wood was split etc. (when I told Wayfair they immediately sent a replacement – THANK YOU WAYFAIR).Every single piece inside the box was clearly labeled with a part number, even down to the screws (labeled in bags A, B or C) – which corresponded perfectly with the instructions.The wooden parts even had a basic coat of white paint, which is very good as any outdoor hive needs protective paint – I did decide to paint over it with LOW/NO TOXICITY PAINT (NO VOC), just an extra precaution as in Florida we have extreme heat and rain.Assembly was very straight forward, just followed the directions.One change I made was the latch – the bigger latch is attached to a fixed piece of wood (which is correct) but the smaller latch was attached to the removable piece of wood, the one you remove to look inside through the glass.That seems incorrect – if you turn the latch, it doesn’t do anything because it’s ON the piece of wood you take out.So I removed it and attached it to the fixed piece of wood above it, so that both latches now securely “lock” the piece in place.You don’t want any light seeping through the panels if possible, you want the hive to be as dark as possible inside, so having the removable panels securely in place is important.The boxes fitted very nicely on top of eachother, but they are easy to mis-align (as it’s easy with regular hives) – so I added stainless steel corner “joins”, kind of L shape pieces, so that the boxes line up easily.Everything else was superb.It’s smaller than my langstroth hive, but that’s not a bad thing – too early to put bees in there but I think it’s a great little hive.

I’m so pleased with this design, as this hive was created to support the natural preferences of bees.It was easy enough to assemble and move the pack of bees into, and it has stayed dry in bad thunderstorms.So far my bees have been very happy in their new home, and I am pleased with how cute this hive looks in comparison to the popular bee boxes.If I decide get more bees, this would again be in my first choice for their home.

I love the look of this. It reminded me of the backyard bee hives of the past. Good quality. My Jr. Son was able to assemble.

Very easy to put together. The directions were excellent, would recommend this to anyone to purchase only thing thought it would have the screens with it but still loved it.Thank you

Very pleased with this purhchase. The hive looks great, was easy to assemble, and the bees are doing great in it! Only thing I could suggest would be to have some tips/suggestions or something about how to put the bees in. The only way I could find them was in Langstroth nucs and it was dificult figuring out a way to introduce them to the hive. after thinking about it I figured the simplist way to go about it was to completely break the wood around the langstroth frame, cut the pre made guide in half, then put holes in it and zip tie it to a top bar.

I have a few langstroth hives and a fancy Italian hive (which was not a good purchase, I’ll admit it) and wanted to branch out into a Warre hive, something I’d heard was more natural (for the bees), and loved the look of this one as it has two viewing panes. The price was very good, the reviews were good too, so I ordered it.Sadly the first one arrived in a badly damaged box with gaping holes, really bashed about, one piece of glass was cracked, some wood was split etc. (when I told Wayfair they immediately sent a replacement – THANK YOU WAYFAIR).Every single piece inside the box was clearly labeled with a part number, even down to the screws (labeled in bags A, B or C) – which corresponded perfectly with the instructions.The wooden parts even had a basic coat of white paint, which is very good as any outdoor hive needs protective paint – I did decide to paint over it with LOW/NO TOXICITY PAINT (NO VOC), just an extra precaution as in Florida we have extreme heat and rain.Assembly was very straight forward, just followed the directions.One change I made was the latch – the bigger latch is attached to a fixed piece of wood (which is correct) but the smaller latch was attached to the removable piece of wood, the one you remove to look inside through the glass.That seems incorrect – if you turn the latch, it doesn’t do anything because it’s ON the piece of wood you take out.So I removed it and attached it to the fixed piece of wood above it, so that both latches now securely “lock” the piece in place.You don’t want any light seeping through the panels if possible, you want the hive to be as dark as possible inside, so having the removable panels securely in place is important.The boxes fitted very nicely on top of eachother, but they are easy to mis-align (as it’s easy with regular hives) – so I added stainless steel corner “joins”, kind of L shape pieces, so that the boxes line up easily.Everything else was superb.It’s smaller than my langstroth hive, but that’s not a bad thing – too early to put bees in there but I think it’s a great little hive.

I’m so pleased with this design, as this hive was created to support the natural preferences of bees.It was easy enough to assemble and move the pack of bees into, and it has stayed dry in bad thunderstorms.So far my bees have been very happy in their new home, and I am pleased with how cute this hive looks in comparison to the popular bee boxes.If I decide get more bees, this would again be in my first choice for their home.

I love the look of this. It reminded me of the backyard bee hives of the past. Good quality. My Jr. Son was able to assemble.

Very easy to put together. The directions were excellent, would recommend this to anyone to purchase only thing thought it would have the screens with it but still loved it.Thank you

Very pleased with this purhchase. The hive looks great, was easy to assemble, and the bees are doing great in it! Only thing I could suggest would be to have some tips/suggestions or something about how to put the bees in. The only way I could find them was in Langstroth nucs and it was dificult figuring out a way to introduce them to the hive. after thinking about it I figured the simplist way to go about it was to completely break the wood around the langstroth frame, cut the pre made guide in half, then put holes in it and zip tie it to a top bar.