The company prides itself on providing kits that contain everything you need to successfully keep bees, and no extras that you don't. Brushy Mountain Bee Farm’s 10-Frame Bee-Ginner’s Kit has everything you need to start and work your first hive (except the bees, feed, and paint). This version of the kit comes with medium gloves.

The company prides itself on providing kits that contain everything you need to successfully keep bees, and no extras that you don't. Brushy Mountain Bee Farm’s 10-Frame Bee-Ginner’s Kit has everything you need to start and work your first hive (except the bees, feed, and paint). This version of the kit comes with small gloves.

This item is available for shipment to USA addresses only.

If you have back problems, if you want to simplify your operation, or you just want a few hives to pollinate up your garden, this is the kit for you. It includes: one eight-frame telescoping top, an inner cover, two medium pine supers, 16 grooved top bar and grooved bottom bar medium frames, and an I.P.M. bottom board. All are assembled. This version of the kit comes with Large gloves.

This item is available for shipment to USA addresses only.

If you have back problems, if you want to simplify your operation, or you just want a few hives to pollinate up your garden, this is the kit for you. It includes: one eight-frame telescoping top, an inner cover, two medium pine supers, 16 grooved top bar and grooved bottom bar medium frames, and an I.P.M. bottom board. All are assembled. This version of the kit comes with medium gloves.

This item is available for shipment to USA addresses only.

If you have back problems, if you want to simplify your operation, or you just want a few hives to pollinate up your garden, this is the kit for you. It includes: one eight-frame telescoping top, an inner cover, two medium pine supers, 16 grooved top bar and grooved bottom bar medium frames, and an I.P.M. bottom board. All are assembled. This version of the kit comes with small gloves.

This item is available for shipment to USA addresses only.

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