This is the perfect all-in-one gift to yourself or the hobbyist in your life! Hoover Hives are well-known and loved by beekeepers all across the world for their durable dovetail jointed beehives and 100% natural beeswax coating. Hoover Hives has developed this Starter Kit to include everything you need but the bees! The brood box included holds 8 frames, but is sold with 3 frames because most local beekeepers sell bees in a ‘5 Frame Nuc’. Your new nuc will fit right in with these 5 frames to fill the hive. The kit contains an extra protective jacket with a cinched bottom end to keep it tight around your body. A veil that has been reinforced to stand up right; keeping it from resting on your head and protecting you at all times. A pair of thick elbow length leather gloves. The Original Smoker that plumes with a direct angle to reach even the most difficult areas of the hive. A multipurpose hive tool to help scrape unwanted comb and pry your boxes open on one end and a curl to help pick up frames on the other. Hoover Hives wax coated hive bodies have been designed to stay true for years to come. They’ve been dipped in 100% natural beeswax helping them weather the elements without the hassle of painting your hives. Every joint on a Hoover Hive utilizes the dovetailing technique that leaves no room for error and is the defining factor that keeps Hoover Hives perfectly square.Kit Includes: Telescoping Top Cover Capped with Galvanized Steel (100% Wax Coated)(16-1/4″ x 22″ x 2-7/8″) Inner Cover (14″ x 19-7/8″ x 3/4″) Plastic Queen Excluder (14″ x 19-7/8″ x 1/8″) 1 Deep Brood Box (100% Wax Coated)(14″ x 19-7/8″ x 9-5/8″) 3 Deep Brood Langstroth Wood Frames (1-3/8″ x 19″ x 9-1/8″) 3 Plastic Black Textured CellTech Foundations (100% Wax Coated)(3/16″ x 16-3/4″ x 8-1/2″) Solid Bottom Board (100% Wax Coated)(14″ x 22″ x 2-9/16″) Entrance Reducer (12-1/4″ x 3/4″ x 3/4″) Elbow Length Leather Gloves Extra Protective Jacket Reinforced Up Right Veil The Original Smoker Curled Hive Tool Product Comes Assembled Why Choose an 8 Frame Hive? The major benefit of an 8 frame hive is that it weighs 20% less than a 8 frame hive. Honey is heavy. A 8 frame brood box that is full of honey can weigh up to 90 lbs while medium boxes can weigh up to 60lbs. A 20% difference can save your back. Why Choose Hoover Hives? Hoover Hives are known for their beautiful and skillfully crafted wax coated beehives. Every exterior hive part that may encounter rain or snow has been built with Fir wood and has been coated in 100% natural beeswax to help weather the elements. They’ve thoughtfully chosen to use Fir wood over the traditional Pine because Fir has a tighter knit grain-flow within the wood than Pine does. This makes their exterior parts far more durable and less likely to shrink, expand, warp, or twist from the rain. Once they’ve cut the wood, they dip each part into a pool of natural beeswax. They allow the beeswax to be soaked into the hive parts. This not only protects the wood, but is also what gives their hives their natural golden honey lustrous allure. Hoover Hives 8 frame hive parts use dimensions that are consistent with the industry standard and are interchangeable with all other Langstroth 8 frame beehives. Looking to Buy in Bulk? For bulk purchases of 20 or more please contact us.