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Telescoping Covers and Beehive Bottom Boards

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Why You Need an Inner Cover

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Like a protective crown perched atop a bustling kingdom, the telescoping beehive cover shelters the industrious bee society below.

 

Its sloped sides and overhanging edges shield the hive from pounding rain, scorching sun, and blustering winds.

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Why You Need a Bottom Board

 

Sturdy as a house's foundation, the beehive's bottom board anchors the brood box, bearing the weight of a colony on its modest wooden frame.

 

The bottom board serves not only as the floor but also as a front porch—a touchdown pad where incoming workers can briefly loiter, exchanging directions on the whereabouts of fresh pollen before zipping off to rejoin the fray.

Hoover Hives Telescoping Cover

This telescoping top cover shields its hive with the same impervious coat that bees use to weatherproof their home.

Hoover Hives Telescoping Cover

Amish Busy Bees Telescoping Cover

Crowned with a gleaming white aluminum plate, this telescoping top cover rules over the hive like a noble king.

Amish Busy Bees Telescoping Cover

Nubee Telescoping Cover

The sturdy telescoping top cover protects the buzzing bee colony below from any threat the elements can muster.

Nubee Telescoping Cover

Telescoping Beehive Covers

Hoover Hives Solid and Screened Bottom Boards

Hoover Hives Solid Waxed Bottom Board

The solid board is a barricade against chilling drafts that prowl like predators in the cold, seeking cracks and crevices to intrude upon the bees’ warm haven.

Hoover Hives Solid Bottom Board

Solid Bottom Boards​

• Better temperature regulation in cold climates
• Protects against drafts and moisture
• More affordable

Screened Bottom Boards​​
• Improved ventilation
• Aids in Varroa mite control
• May help prevent overheating in summer

Hoover Hives Waxed Screened Bottom Board

As the summer sun beats down, heated air rises through the mesh screen, coaxing breezes up through the buzzing chambers adding ventilation.

Hoover Hives Screened Bottom Board

Heavy Duty Solid and Screened Bottom Boards

Nubee Solid Bottom Board

Within the sheltering enclosure, the bees huddle in a fuzzy mass, their shared body heat preserved by the bottom board’s sturdy embrace.

Nubee Solid Bottom Board

Solid Bottom Boards​

• Better temperature regulation in cold climates
• Protects against drafts and moisture
• More affordable

Screened Bottom Boards​​

• Improved ventilation

• Aids in Varroa mite control

• May help prevent overheating in summer

Amish Busy Bees Screened Bottom Board

Through the ventilated mesh, fresh air circulates to cool the hive during summer's sweltering days.

Amish Busy Bees Screened Bottom Board

​High-Quality Beehive Inner Cover Kits

Hoover Hives Wax Coated Covers Kit

The Hoover Hives Covers Kit provides beekeepers with all the hive components to make your leftover boxes & frames into a full hive.

Hoover Hives Wax Coated Covers Kit

Nubee Covers and Bottoms Kit

The Nubee Covers Kit provides the complete selection of hive cover components to create a full beehive from a few bee boxes.

Nubee Covers Kit

Amish Busy Bees Covers Kit

If you've been collecting hive bodies over the years or inherited some from another beekeeper, then this kit is a great way to put them to use.

Amish Busy Bees Covers Kit
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