8 Frame Vs 10 Frame Bee Hives

I am looking at the 8 frame hives and comparing them to the 10 frame.

8 frame vs 10 frame bee hives.

Let s go to mediums. The geometry of a beehive is such that bees especially an overwintering cluster can easily move parallel to the frames up down front back but have a difficult time moving perpendicular side to side between them. The four sided boxes used in beekeeping the ones that hold the frames of wax comb are referred to as hive bodies or supers depending on how they are used. A note on nomenclature.

If you use 10 frames in the brood box and 9 frames in the honey supers the frames won t line up. Bees often opt to move up before using 2 frames on outside. I am also one of the crazy people that have deep med and shallow boxes. This means that less mites will fall out of the hive.

No doubt i can t lift that. Why managing bee hives as single brood chambers works duration. Lifting one box that is too heavy can easily injure a knee or back. This would also cut down on overall hive ventilation and make passage throughout the hive more difficult for the bees the hive will seem more congested.

I use 10 frame hives and 5 frame nucs. I am thinking about building some 8 frame equipment this winter to try out. But then it says a similarly filled deep eight frame box weighs 65 75 lbs. It says a ten frame deep brood box full of honey or brood weighs 80 90 lbs.

On average 8 frame hive boxes cost 1 00 to 3 00 less than their 10 frame counterpart. Why i use 8 frame beehives frame geometry and perpendicular movement. When considering 8 or 10 frame hives i don t think anyone in their right mind can argue that 8 frame hive boxes are not cheaper than 10 frame hive boxes. The same box could be used at one time as a super and another as a hive body.

Devan rawn 277 350 views. Some say the bees will fill out 8 frame boxes more complete the a 10 frame. Oops i can t lift that either. I don t see a real difference in the bees with the different sizes.

8 frame hive boxes are cheaper than 10 frame hive boxes.