All hive components are made to the specifications of the famous Serge Labesque. He is a long time beekeeper and taught beekeeping classes at Santa Rosa Jr.College for many years. Click here to learn more about Serge.
COMPLETE HIVE SET-UP
Complete hive componets from bottom up - bottom board with sliding entrance, mouse guard, and observation board, two hive bodies with 8 wired frames and 2 follower boards each, top feeder (not water proof intended for dried lavender), vented top cover, telescoping cover, and branded awning. Just add bees!
Medium Hive $320 Deep Hive $360 (deep hive pictured).
serge style bottom board
Bottom Board includes sliding entrance, mouse guard, observation board and entrance awning. $55
Premium Supers
Supers are made from select grade wood (no knots), corners are joined with countersunk screws dipped in glue. Included are eight tightly wired frames with starter strips and two Serge style follower boards. Medium $75 Deep $95
Serge Style Top Feeder
This Top Feeder/attic is recommended for dried lavender to wick moisture from the hive. DOES NOT HOLD LIQUID. You must use a liquid container if used for feeding. $50
SS New Basic Double Deep Hive Set-up provides bees with a tall narrow brood chamber to be left alone for the bees. It is more like a tree cavity in nature.
Includes 2 Deep hive supers, 6 wired double deep frames, 2 double deep follower boards, top feeder, vented top cover, telescoping cover and screened bottom board with awning, observation board and mouse guard.
$388
“McLayens” Horizontal Hive - Designed in the 19th century by renowned French beekeeper Georges de Layens, and modified by John and Darlene McGinnis in the 21st century, the New Modified “McLayens” Hive is an innovative horizontal hive that uses extra-deep frames and offers a bit of ventilation —closely matching the natural preferences of bees. Its expansive design supports strong overwintering and encourages speedy colony growth in spring. Our New Modified “McLayens” Hive holds 22 frames (roughly equivalent to 28 Langstroth deep frames).
“McLayens” Horizontal Hive comes complete with 22 frames, 3 follower boards, built-in Serge Style bottom board with 2 observation boards, 2 adjustable entrances with mouse guards, 3 adjustable ventilation openings, 1 Liquid holding feeder, hinged telescoping cover, and 2 screened ventilation inserts. $900
Buzz Off Lip Balm made with beeswax, shea butter, almond and citrus oils.
$10 Qty. 4 0.15 oz tubes
serge style Vented top cover
Vented Top Cover is made of pine tounge and groove with rough side down to encourage the bees to propolize the surface. $30
telescoping TOP COVER
Top off your hive with this Telescoping Top Cover. Remember to paint this along with your hive so that it will not absorb the hot summer heat. $35
Wired Frames
Wired Frames are more desirable to bees than plastic...ask any bee and they'll tell you. These have a wood starter strip at the top of the frames that give bees a foundation to build from. Wire is strung extremely tight.
Medium $5 Deep $7
Serge style Follower Board
Follower Board is made with tongue and groove, rough sided pine to encourage bees to coat with propolis, spacers to maintain 3/8" bee space between follower boards and frames.
Medium $6.50 Deep $7
Double Deep Wired Frame $15
Medium Wired Frame Double Deep Extender. Remove the bottom extender and super up with the Medium Frame. (Medium frame not included) $10
Double Deep Follower Board with Extender. Remove the bottom extension and super up the the Deep Follower Board.
$14
Beeswax Wraps are made with cotton fabric, beeswax, pine resin and jojoba oil. Includes: one 14”, one 12” and two 8” squares in each package. Patterns varies.
$20 Qty. 4
serge style HIVE STAND
Custom built Hive Stand will hold two complete hives nicely. This keeps the bee entrance approximately 16" off the ground to discourage skunks and other critters from messing with the hive. $70
Swarm Trap
Swarm Trap holds five deep or medium frames and a swarm if you are lucky. Set it up in a tree or on a milk crate in your backyard. Bait with a frame or two of drawn comb and some lemon grass oil and then sit back and wait. $75
Solar Wax Melter
Our Solar Wax Melter is constructed with a double pained window. This contraption will turn your unwanted comb and wax cappings into beautiful blocks of yellow beeswax for making candles, soap etc. $350 (custom made orders only)
Honey
Our Honey comes from a serene location in the heart of the Sonoma Mountains. 9 oz or 18oz of delicious, foundation free, treatment free Local Honey bottled in hexagon glass jars.
$13 per 9 ounce jar / 2 for $25
$25 per 18 ounce jar
Double Deep Swarm Trap holds five double deep frames and can be used as a swarm trap or to acclimate bees to double deep frames before housing in a complete double deep hive set-up.
$80
Wooden Nuc Box can be used in many ways…to capture swarms, as a temporary home for a small colony or as support when diving into your double deep hive. Holds five deep or medium frames.
$70
Nuc Complete Hive Set-Up
This Nuc Hive set-up comes complete with bottom board, super with 5 frames, top feeder, vented top cover and telescoping cover.
Medium $195 Deep $215
Nuc Components also sold separately
We highly recommend painting all exterior surfaces of your hive with light colors, either white or pastel, as dark colors absorb too much heat.
Brighten up your birthday cake with these all-natural, hand dipped beeswax candles.
$10 Qty. 12
