Hoover Hives: The Original Beeswax Coated Beehive Kit. Includes 2 Deep & 1 Medium Boxes with 10 Wooden Frames & Heavy Wax Coated Foundations. Easy Assembly with Predrilled Holes& Screws (Unassembled)

The hive is nice. Super easy to put together. Took maybe all of an hour and a half thats hive body and frames. Excited to use it. The wax is kind of tacky.

This hive has great quality material. The wood is thick and strong the wax coating is thick and even. The only thing I had trouble with was the dove tail joints were out of tolerance. I had to use a knife and sand paper to take off a bit of wood from the joints and to hammer them together with a rubber mallet. It was a bit more time consuming to do have to do that. I hope they fix that because I plan to order again in the future. The quality was exceptional and the price was good. The rest of the assembly went smoothly and the hive came with a mouse guard that I didn’t notice when I ordered.

High quality. Takes 2-4 hours to build depending on how many you’ve done.

Easy assembly once you get started. The hive once assembled is sturdy and looks nice.

I wanted one but ordered two by mistake. Figured I would keep them both. The first one was perfect. The dovetails were tight and needed just a little tap to pop together. The wood was consistent quality and had no problems putting in any of the nails. Nice grain and wax finish, absolutely great. FIVE STARS. But the second one. First, the piece of word designated the "entry reducer" was missing. Second, the wood did not look as good as it had a lot of knots, including at the dovetails. Putting this one together was harder and some of the dove tails needed some work due to the knots. When it came time to nail, I quickly found not to try to put a nail thru a knot that is involved in a dovetail. The first time I tried the knot split out leaving a hole in the side of the box. After that I did not use nails near any knots and just let it go with all the other nails around that the knotty dove tail. I ended up have to use wood putty to fix the hole and let it air out for a week before trying to use it, just in case the wood putty was still out gassing. Had I gotten this box first I would recommend not ordering this product., I give this one a THREE STAR rating. I think with a little quality control they can prevent the knots at the dovetails. There were three different nails included in each hive so running out of nails was not an issue. They recommend using glue on the joints but the boxes really do not need it with the dovetails and nails. The Frames however definitely needed some glue. It would be nice if they included a small bottle of glue or at least give a recommendation of what kind of glue they think is best. Last issue, the guy delivering them was not entirely happy about the weight of each box. Keep that in mind, you might want to let them deliver by the garage door instead of having come up steps to deliver at the front door.

Complete Kit. Not to be used by me lightly, this is a complete kit, Everything is there, and the wax coating is phenomenal. The dove tail joints were good and tight and so much wax that you could just see the joints fill up, Even the screw holes for putting the boxes together are predrilled. What a quality product.

I am giving this five stars as it is nicely priced and easy to put together. The exterior pieces are dipped in wax, providing a nice protective coating so you do not need to paint. With Texas heat, I had to order separately the screened bottom and a gabled roof for better airflow. The vented bottom I was able to acquire is also Hover Hives, but the gabled roof is not as they do not make one. My only complaint with this hive is that some of the frame wood pieces had hairline cracks making the application of nails tricky. I ended up using nails on the top and bottom of the frames, as opposed to the sides, in order to not split pieces apart. The vendor is not easy to get a response from, so you may want to be cautious with nailing frames. I did use a small drill bit to pre-drill nail holes to also help not split wood. I really wish Hoover made a gabled roof as an addition. The roof I added is a Mann Lake roof, which was frankly far too expensive and had to be painted just to protect it.

Great quality, great value. These kits go together very quickly with the right tools. I bought 8 kits, and a frame assembly jig. Very satisfied with the quality of the wood work and waxing. I wish there was a screened bottom board option for higher temperature regions.