It’s All About the Bees

Beehives

We supply top-of-the-line”bee ready” beehives for personal and commercial projects.

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Bee Course

Our bee course is specifically targeted for beginners wanting to start beekeeping.

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COACHMAN’S PARK SHOP NO. 6.
AT 26 JACARANDA STREET. HENNOPS PARK INDUSTRIAL. CENTURION

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Beehive History

Beehives have been around for centuries in different shapes, designs and sizes. It wasn’t until the Langstroth design that the beehive actually became standardised. There are still many different types of beehives in use across the world.

The mainstream beehive designs used in South Africa are the Langstroth beehive and Bee Bunka beehive. You can read more about each design here.

The beehive made beekeeping manageable as before the advent of the beehive, bee colonies would be raided for their golden liquid and usually, the colony would be destroyed in the process. This created the need for a manageable method to keep bees, transport them and harvest honey from them without causing damage or destruction to the bee colony.

Not much has changed with regards to the Langstroth design in the last century other than the introduction of innovations such as plastic frames, plastic queen excluders and the like. These are merely modifications of the base design. The Bee Bunka hive brings new concepts and a change in approach to ensure the protection of the hive while without the needing to change equipment.

You can learn beekeeping and everything there is to know about beehives by getting your copy of any of our bee books packed with bee info. You can go check out the beekeeping in South Africa bee book and the Practical Beekeeping bee book that you can download immediately. Soon, we will have Bee videos for download too!

Langstroth Beehive

If you’re having trouble deciding which beehive to buy, check out the beehive profile on the Langstroth hive.

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Bee Bunka Hive

The most popular beekeeping system re-imagined for added protection, lower costs and increased yield.

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