how about beeline Apiaries

[R.L.Bee]

Has anyone bought any woodenware from Beeline apiaries if so would you deal with them again? How's there equipment and how are they to deal with?

[riverrat]

I bought from them last year wont do it again his frames had a great fit but the holes was drilled all over the place for the wire. Boxes I cant complain about for the price. the telescoping covers tin didnt even come close to fitting right had to rework them all and the still look second rate. bends where not in the right location. Called and talked to them. He said that both issues were on going problems he wasnt sure how he was going to fix them. No offer to make it right. He was in the process of moving his company. SO he may have gotten the problems straightened out

[panubee]

I bought my original equipment from beeline and saved a lot.

Beeline sold only rabbited hive bodies 2 years ago, but they seem to fit well together. They have great prices on frames, and they are almost on the way home when I make a trip to Baltimore or DC. (Saves a lot in shipping.) I prefer to work with local suppliers when I can.

Apparently, they now have box-end hive bodies for a little more.

For now I just buy frames since I have scrap wood around I am trying to use up. If I had to buy retail lumber, I'd rather buy from Beeline.

Mike

[honeyman46408]

I bought frames from him and as RR said the holes in the end bars of med frames arent exactly on center but I dont wire so I dont care if they even have holes.
I will buy again=PRICE!

[rober]

well if anyone is interested........i bought some supers from a local beek who is selling beeline's woodenware. all of the rabbet joints were too tight & had to be reworked. both the local guy & beeline told me they had worked out the kinks. last fall since i was coming within 25 miles of them i stopped & bought some hive bodies. well i just started assemblying them & guess what? the problems with the joints are worse. every joint on every box had to be reworked. i've been a carpenter for 30 years & repair stringed instruments. with kelly's boxes, with gluing i can assemble a box on average in 6 minutes. the beelines were taking 20-30 minutes per. plus since the joints were reworked some gaps were created in the joints resulting in the need for extra glue & caulk. i'm thru with beeline.

[Mustang]

I bought 300 med frames from them I will not buy again the top bars are not cut right holes in the end bars are not center and missing parts. I call them thay did not want to send me the parts.

[Runswithbees]

I've bought a lot of equipment from BeeLine and I like it very much and the price was THE BEST! Very solid construction.

[Moccasin]

Yes I like them.

[Gundalf]

Another "like" from here, will be there tomorrow for emergency hive stuff...

[Keth Comollo]

I just bought a bunch of frames from Humble Abode. Best frames I have ever seen. I make my own boxes but these are the guys I will buy all of my frames from in the future.