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The Keeper's Hive

Two Queen Keeper - Double Brood Box

Two Queen Keeper - Double Brood Box

$425.00 USD
$425.00 USD
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DESCRIPTION

The Two Queen Keeper - Double Brood Box from The Keeper's Hive provides beekeepers with the ability to manage two honey bee colonies in one hive without needing to lift heavy supers with every inspection. Why put two colonies in one hive? Because if you can keep both colonies strong they can make more honey than two individual hives put together!  

  • All of the benefits of Langstroth, with minimal heavy lifting
  • Inspections and management are MUCH less disturbing to the colony
  • Compatible with industry standard equipment (see Specifications)
  • Extensive management information is available in the Resources section of our site
  • High-quality Amish-made woodenware from Pennsylvania, with select parts sourced globally

FEATURES

Below are just some of the features that make the Two Queen Keeper an easier way to manage bees!

  • No-lift access to all of the frames in each brood chamber for bee-friendlier inspections
  • Removable frame guards protect the ends of the frames from propolis
  • Follower board allows for brood chamber size adjustment (2-8 frames)
  • Simplifies and expedites the highly effective Demaree method for swarm control (90% effective with some practice), perfect for the backyard beekeeper who wants to make honey without adding new hives every year
  • Smaller brood chamber volume is believed to help with thermoregulation, defense against pests, and more
  • Capable of producing hundreds of pounds of honey and great for raising queens
  • Check mite levels and apply treatments without any lifting
  • Each side can be overwintered on 8 or 13 deep frames, with easy emergency feeding
  • Tempered glass observation window over half of the brood chamber for assessing hive strength without disturbing any bees
  • Space under roof can be used for hive records, thermometer, insulation, and more

 

SPECIFICATIONS

Hives ship unpainted and unassembled. Additional components are needed to use this product (see FAQs tab). Woodenware is white pine.

Included in this purchase: 

  • Proprietary double brood chamber – (2) 8 frame deep single brood chambers separated by a central divider
  • 32-1/2" wide x 19-7/8" long – requires (2) 10 frame bottom boards (8 frame will also work)
  • Modified 10 frame queen excluder
  • Modified 10 frame deep box w/ divider (16-1/4" wide x 19-7/8" long x 9-5/8" high)
  • (2) Follower boards
  • (2) Tempered glass observation panels
  • (4) Removable frame guards
  • (2) Roof assemblies
  • All hardware required for assembly

*Not included in this purchase*:

  • Frames
  • Supers 
  • Bottom boards
  • Inner/outer cover
  • Hive stand

Compatible with:

  • Plastic or wooden frames
  • 10 frame bottom boards (solid or screened)
  • Standard 10 frame equipment
  • Drone frames for IPM
  • Varroa treatments (Oxalic, Apivar, Formic, Thymol, and more)
  • Entrance reducers
  • Small hive beetle traps
  • Pollen traps
  • Feeders (entrance, division board, hive top, and more)
  • Comb honey equipment
  • Queen rearing cell bar frames
  • Hive stands, honey extractors... if it works with Langstroth, it probably works with The Keeper’s Hive!
FAQs

Management Tips

Visit our page How To Use The Two Queen Keeper for a basic overview of hive function and usage.

Additional Components

Wondering where to buy other beekeeping equipment that is compatible with our hives? Our official beekeeping supply partner is Forest Hill Woodworking - they offer top quality woodenware at unbeatable prices and have a wide range of products to meet all of your beekeeping needs.

Returns and Refunds

Please refer to our Refund policy. 

Shipping Questions

Please refer to our Shipping policy.

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The Two Queen Keeper - Double Brood Box from The Keeper's Hive provides beekeepers with the ability to manage two honey bee colonies in one hive without needing to lift heavy supers with every inspection. Why put two colonies in one hive? Because if you can keep both colonies strong they can make more honey than two individual hives put together!  

  • All of the benefits of Langstroth, with minimal heavy lifting
  • Inspections and management are MUCH less disturbing to the colony
  • Compatible with industry standard equipment (see Specifications)
  • Extensive management information is available in the Resources section of our site
  • High-quality Amish-made woodenware from Pennsylvania, with select parts sourced globally

Below are just some of the features that make the Two Queen Keeper an easier way to manage bees!

  • No-lift access to all of the frames in each brood chamber for bee-friendlier inspections
  • Removable frame guards protect the ends of the frames from propolis
  • Follower board allows for brood chamber size adjustment (2-8 frames)
  • Simplifies and expedites the highly effective Demaree method for swarm control (90% effective with some practice), perfect for the backyard beekeeper who wants to make honey without adding new hives every year
  • Smaller brood chamber volume is believed to help with thermoregulation, defense against pests, and more
  • Capable of producing hundreds of pounds of honey and great for raising queens
  • Check mite levels and apply treatments without any lifting
  • Each side can be overwintered on 8 or 13 deep frames, with easy emergency feeding
  • Tempered glass observation window over half of the brood chamber for assessing hive strength without disturbing any bees
  • Space under roof can be used for hive records, thermometer, insulation, and more

 

Hives ship unpainted and unassembled. Additional components are needed to use this product (see FAQs tab). Woodenware is white pine.

Included in this purchase: 

  • Proprietary double brood chamber – (2) 8 frame deep single brood chambers separated by a central divider
  • 32-1/2" wide x 19-7/8" long – requires (2) 10 frame bottom boards (8 frame will also work)
  • Modified 10 frame queen excluder
  • Modified 10 frame deep box w/ divider (16-1/4" wide x 19-7/8" long x 9-5/8" high)
  • (2) Follower boards
  • (2) Tempered glass observation panels
  • (4) Removable frame guards
  • (2) Roof assemblies
  • All hardware required for assembly

*Not included in this purchase*:

  • Frames
  • Supers 
  • Bottom boards
  • Inner/outer cover
  • Hive stand

Compatible with:

  • Plastic or wooden frames
  • 10 frame bottom boards (solid or screened)
  • Standard 10 frame equipment
  • Drone frames for IPM
  • Varroa treatments (Oxalic, Apivar, Formic, Thymol, and more)
  • Entrance reducers
  • Small hive beetle traps
  • Pollen traps
  • Feeders (entrance, division board, hive top, and more)
  • Comb honey equipment
  • Queen rearing cell bar frames
  • Hive stands, honey extractors... if it works with Langstroth, it probably works with The Keeper’s Hive!

Management Tips

Visit our page How To Use The Two Queen Keeper for a basic overview of hive function and usage.

Additional Components

Wondering where to buy other beekeeping equipment that is compatible with our hives? Our official beekeeping supply partner is Forest Hill Woodworking - they offer top quality woodenware at unbeatable prices and have a wide range of products to meet all of your beekeeping needs.

Returns and Refunds

Please refer to our Refund policy. 

Shipping Questions

Please refer to our Shipping policy.

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ARTHUR FRANK COOPER
Two Queen hive

Excellent, well built product. Hoping for a happy, healthy hive with lots of honey.

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Ingo Hartig
Very well build.

The advice to install the boxes right away is a good one. Some of my boards started warping just a little bit. I had no problem assembling the hive. Can't wait till spring.

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Teri Dowgiert
This hive will be a game changer!

The Keepers Hive Two Queen Hive is very well crafted and so easy to put together- the large base box joints were perfectly cut allowing it to squared up with minimal effort. Same with the spacer box and lids- easy assembly and easy alignment of hinges and clamps. The system also makes for a large canvas for expressing your creativity during painting!
With this system, all of the problems I had had with makeshift horizontal two queen hives will be solved! It will be so easy to inspect EVERY frame in both brood chambers without removing any upper boxes. I’m looking forward to enjoying the power of two queens again for honey production as well as for a queen right starter/finisher system to make new queens.

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