Free Shipping For orders over $35
Free Shipping For orders over $35
Medium boxes go by a lot of names — honey super, Illinois super, medium — but they all mean the same thing: the box above the brood nest where your bees store surplus honey. At 6 5/8 inches deep, the medium is the most common choice for 10-frame Langstroth hives, and for good reason. A full deep can push 80 lbs. A full medium runs closer to 40–50 lbs — still heavy, but actually liftable without needing a second person or a bad back the next day.
We use cypress for all our hive equipment because it holds up without much help from you. Cypress is naturally rot-resistant, dimensionally stable, and doesn't require paint to last decades outdoors. If you want to paint it, great — we offer a primed and painted option. If you don't, the wood will be fine.
Unassembled — boards cut and ready for you to put together. Good option if you want to customize paint or finish before assembling.
Assembled — we put it together so the joints hold through years of stacking and handling. You don't need to touch it before use.
Assembled, Primed, and Painted — assembled box finished with white primer and a UV-resistant exterior paint coat. Ready to run straight out of the box.
Add mediums as honey supers in late spring through summer once the brood nest is well established and nectar flow is active. Pull and extract in late summer or early fall before winter prep begins. If you're running an all-medium hive, you'll be working with these boxes year-round.
from €28,95
from €21,95
from €22,95
