Cheap brood boxes

Flow Hive
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I was browsing the internet and found a company that makes western red cedar brood boxes and they are only $17.50 a piece! I ordered 4 of them. You do have to pay shipping which ended up being $30 for the 4.

The name of the company is Naked Bee Hives. I just received them today. The wood quality is similar to the flowhive. The match is perfect as it is western red cedar. The size is perfect which I was worried about as I thought the flow hives were slightly wider than a standard 8 frame. Apparently not. I put together 2 of the boxes. No extra rasping or filing required. As far as QC, one of the boards out of 4 boxes was not predrilled, must have been missed.

All in all they are pretty much exactly the same as the Beethinking/flow brood box. It ends up being less than half the price after shipping.

So if you need a second or third brood box for your flow hive there is another option. As a disclaimer I am in no way affiliated with this company, just passing on a tip.

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The brood box is the bottom with the flow hive super on top.

-Mike

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Good to know because I believe bee thinking is going out of business

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Ya I noticed everything seemed to be out of stock last time I looked. Guess that might be why. Maybe Flow can partner with this company and be able to lower the price on their hives.

-Mike

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Good find! I wish they also made medium 8-frame boxes. Hopefully they will add them. I am really sad to see BeeThinking go out of business. Luckily I had just gotten a full hive from them before they went out. The quality, design and beauty is unmatched.