Verified Reviews for The Beehaus Beehive

The Beehouse got its bees this evening and it amazing. The Haus itself came well packed and with sime easy to follow instructions. It was very easy to transport and put in place. It is well designed and protects the bees from the elements.

Recently bought the Beehaus and I am very pleased with my purchase. It was easy to put together and really well made. The instruction booklet that came with it provide really clear instructions and also gave brilliant advice on looking after the bees.

Already had Eglu Cube, so bought this too. It's easy to put together (though the instructions on assembling the frames could be a bit clearer). Very easy to access and inspect the bees. Some bees find the entrance a bit slippy, but other than that, excellent.

So far so good. Three months in, and the Beehaus seems to be just the right solution for beekeeping on the roof of a small terraced house in London. Good kit, good manual, and even the bees seem well behaved. Some delays with delivery because 2012 has not been the greatest year for queen rearing - and all my local beekeeping association newbies have had the same experience. A small nigge re delivery of bits for the hive, but these were solved quickly and without fuss by the team at Omlet.

Easy to put together and it feels sturdy. The hive entrances are well designed, with a partly sheltered landing ledge for the bees, and it enables the entrance to be varied easily by the beekeeper, to open it fully, close it, or partly restrict it to help the bees to repel interest from wasps. I find the working hiegth to be excellent - as a bee-keeper of average height. I have run a few polystyrene National hives, with the same sized frames 14" x 12", as used in the Beehaus. From a wear and tear perspective, both types will last many years, but the Beehaus, with no signs of damage from regular use, looks set to last much longer. A pleasing addition to the garden.

as we already have an Eglu for our chickens it was a natural decision when we decided to keep bees to go with the Beehaus, (we have yet to find some bees!!), but the Beehaus went together very well along with all the frames and seems very sturdy and easy to access - can't wait to get some bees!

Very pleased with our BeeHaus. Easy to put together, good instructions. Looks cool! Will get bees to put in it soon...

I bought the Beehaus a year ago and have had a colony in it since September 09. All the teething problems that I experienced were dealt with by Omlet, both in response to my requests and from their own discoveries, such as the side strengtheners for the inspection board, the replacements for the foam corner fillers and the addition of the mesh-floor strut. This was my first experience of keeping bees and therefore I was in no way prejudiced by experience with other hives, though I of course had looked at them. The Beehaus is very well designed and took my colony happily through that very severe winter. I think the brood box is a great size for building a big colony, the wasp guard works excellently, the working height is ideal and the half-weight supers are easy to manage. Being able to place them securely on the upturned roof is a very positive feature. It does take a little while to acclimatise to the queen excluders, the propolis on which I now scrape on a flat stone beneath the hive. I think that there is a bit of a problem in the centre divider arrangement, as bees find their way through to the other side (and die); I have solved this with duct tape and some pan-scrub as a filler, for there is a gap between the board and the hive wall, but it's a bit of a bodge! I also find that I need to check very carefully that the supers are properly in place; it's easy to allow a wasp entry gap by accident. Everything else is fine; it's woodpecker and mouse proof and you can secure it against winter storms by placing weights over the feet. We have enjoyed our first honey crop and I am now feeding up for winter. Thanks to all the staff at Omlet and to their Bolton bee supplier, who was very supportive indeed.

Very clean, easy to use hive, and some of the calmest bees I've ever come across. Very very good.

Excellent product