The Basic Components of the Honey Bee Hive
The honey bee hive consists of several boxes that are named after their colony use versus simply the size.
The most common naming convention among beginning beekeepers is simply a brood box and a super. The brood box is the box where the queen lays her eggs (the “brood”) and the super box is where the remaining worker bees place the honey stores. So, you may also hear them called honey supers.
The more experience beekeepers tend to use the size and function in their names, so you may a “deep box” or “deep brood box”, which refers to the box as before where the queen lays her eggs.
Super boxes for the Langstroth hive come in 3 sizes:
- shallow ask known as
- medium also known as an Illinois Super
- or the no longer commonly use Wisconsin Super
Then we have top and bottom boards that also come in different variations:
Top boards with inner and outer covers, used mostly up north and Migratory Top boards more commonly used in Florida since we don’t have a huge temperature differential that causes condensation inside the hive.
Bottom boards can be solid or screened. The screened bottom board is known to be used in the control of the varroa destructor mite.
Then we have frames and sometimes we have foundation.
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PICK UP OPTIONS
GVA Farm Pick Up: Coming Soon
GVA Farm Pick Up by Appt - Curbside: Coming Soon
PickUp at GulfCoast Beekeepers Assoc Meeting:
- Charlotte County: 1st Saturday of each Month @ 7pm at UF/IFAS Extension Charlotte County, Centennial Park, Pt Charlotte
- Collier County: 2nd Tuesday of each Month @ 7pm at UF/IFAS Extension Collier County, Immokalee Rd, Naples
- Lee County: 3rd Tuesday of each month @ 7pm at GVA Farm, Old Burnt Store Rd N, Cape Coral
DELIVERY OPTIONS
Limited delivery area and times:
- To 33933 and Burnt Store Marina on Mondays
- To 33904 and 33914 on Tuesdays
Delivery cost: Free with $20 minumum order
Delivery area: 33993, 33904, 33914 and Burnt Store Marina community
SHIPPING OPTIONS
Shipping cost: Carrier Calculated
Shipping: USPS Priority Mail - Florida ONLY due to Florida Cottage Food statutes
Other options:
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