The Hive Has Arrived!

Finally, my Langstroth inspired honey bee hive has arrived!  I want to give a huge shout out to a local, small business in Saint Louis, Isabee's Beekpeeing. Without Isabee's I wouldn't have a hive!  Below are some horribly shot photos of the almost-finished product.  Of course, it still needs paint!  However, I'm extremely excited because Abby has offered to throw some awesome design work onto the hive as well.  I will post final pictures, don't you worry.  This hive will surely stand out!

Hive components: 1x telescoping outer cover, 1x inner cover, 2x medium honey supers (complete with 20 medium frames with traditional beeswax foundation), 1x queen excluder, 2x deep supers (complete with 20 deep frames with traditional beeswax foundation), 1x screened-bottom board (IPM, Integrated Pest Management system), and 1x entrance reducer. All woodenware is manufactured at Walter T. Kelley Beekeeping Suppliers from grade A Eastern White Pine. For more information regarding my hive equipment visit Walter T. Kelley's website.

I also bought a pale-bucket feeder, a bee brush, a J hook hive tool, a traditional hive tool, Honey B Healthy, a metal frame holder, a pull-over hoodie bee jacket with veil attached, and a steel smoker.

More updates to come!  Thanks again to Isabee's and Jane Sueme for everything!

Frontal/side view

(Four total supers)

Side view

(One telescoping outer cover, one inner cover, two medium supers, one queen excluder, two deep supers, one screened bottom board, and one entrance reducer) 

Close up on deep supers, side view

~Nick