8 Frame Kits
8 Frame Kits
Our 8 Frame Beehive Kits from West Alabama Bee Company make it easy to get started or expand your apiary with quality equipment designed to fit together properly and provide years of dependable service. Handcrafted by skilled Amish craftsmen in Southern Tennessee, the hive woodenware is made from solid cypress, a durable wood naturally resistant to moisture, rot, and warping and well suited for Alabama and Southeastern beekeeping conditions.
Choose the Kit That Fits Your Beekeeping
Select the combination of deep and medium supers that best fits your colony management and honey-production needs:
- 2 Deeps + 0 Mediums
- 2 Deeps + 1 Medium
- 2 Deeps + 2 Mediums
- 1 Deep + 0 Mediums
- 1 Deep + 1 Medium
- 1 Deep + 2 Mediums
Each configuration is available assembled or unassembled, allowing you to choose the option that works best for your time, budget, and beekeeping operation.
What’s Included
Every kit includes the core components needed to build an 8 frame Langstroth hive, along with pine frames and foundation for every super included in your selected kit.
- 8 Frame Hive Top
- 8 Frame Inner Cover
- 8 Frame Bottom Board
- 8 Frame Cypress Deep and/or Medium Supers (quantity and sizes depend on the kit selected)
- Pine frames with foundation for every super (deep frames with foundation for deep supers and medium frames with foundation for medium supers)
Built for Southern Beekeeping
Cypress is an excellent choice for hive bodies and other woodenware because of its natural resistance to moisture and decay. Combined with quality pine frames and foundation, these kits provide a practical foundation for building a complete 8 frame hive.
Whether you're starting your first colony, adding hives to your apiary, or replacing older equipment, our 8 Frame Beehive Kits give you the flexibility to choose the hive configuration that works for you.
Built strong. Built simple. Built for real beekeepers.