I bought 5 unassembled medium supers on eBay from seller rbm82557.
They arrived from Georgia in record time and they went together quickly and without trouble. I did get a board upside down and had to disassemble part of a box, but that was totally my fault. The supers are actually much better than the eBay description would lead you to believe. My only criticism is that the sawed edges could have used a quick sanding to get rid of the rough edges and a few splinters. It didn’t take long for me to do it myself, though.
From the description:
Five medium supers (6 5/8 deep) 10 frame shipped unassembled. These are commercial grade which has knots but they are solid knots. Extra care is taken so the knots will not be in joints. I assemble my supers with glue and screws as shown in the picture. These have rabbet joints.
I have not bought any frames or foundation and I am looking for the one piece plastic frames. I nailed together 40 wood frames and put the foundation in and I am never doing that again.
I am being cautiously optimistic. It has been very cold here and I am worried about my bees. They’ve been shipped in a bouncy truck, uprooted and placed in a strange place and then had a curious beekeeper peeking at them.
This weekend it will be in the high 70s and I will be able to inspect the hives for the first time. I want to pull some frames to see if the queen is laying eggs and to see if they are raising any comb on the empty frames that I put in the hive. This will be the first time that I will use the smoker.
If you are in need of supers then this eBay dealer is a good bet. I don’t know if he does this regularly and when he’ll have some more ready. I would contact him through eBay. The price was right and after shipping it came to about $10 a box. The major beekeeping houses sell theirs for less, but after you add on shipping it is considerably more.
