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Today, the many threats to honey bee health including parasites, pests, disease, pesticides, and inadequate nutrition make achieving this goal a major challenge. A honey bee box is made up of a hive stand, bottom board, hive bodies brooder, smaller boxes called honey supers, and a cover. Bee hive and frame box, 22 inches wide, plywood construction. The bees may build the combs lengthways down the hive.
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