beekeeping has never been easier

All of our hives are horizontal by design and made by hand from cedar and oak that's grown in the UK. We make all of our hives to order and control the whole process from milling and seasoning the raw timber to delivering your hive to your door. Our long hives have everything you will find in a 'stacked' beehive but the main difference is there is no heavy lifting.

Un-bee-lievable support

All Hyde Hive purchases come with our Bee Supported package.

Dedicated email, chat, phone support, and access to our Long Hive Community Forums that are a hive of activity and information. If you're not sure where to begin, we'll help you get up and buzzing in no time.

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We plant a tree With every order

We have teamed up with a great program run by an excellent company called Ecologi. They plant a tree for us with every order made, this helps us offset our carbon when we deliver your hive.

More about sustainability here

View our Range of Hives

We make a variety of horizontal hives, some with frames and some without.

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Customised roof design service

We offer a professional contemporary roof wrapping service, with many roof designs to choose from. Please get in touch and we will create a roof just for you.

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long hive review by Black mountain honey

a fantastic long hive walkthrough review by our good friend Laurence at Black Mountain honey

Watch it here

Bee-utiful

Couldn't be happier with the long hive. It looks absolutely fantastic and the quality is superb. It is clear that everything has been thought out from the design to the ease for the beekeeper. The quality of materials and the craftsmanship is second to none, it is clear that time and effort has been put into these. Will be ordering again once we have space for a bigger apiary!

Daniel Knights
Hyde Hives
Great quality hive

I'm really impressed with this hive, It's a lovely design and beautifully made with quality materials.

Fiona Pedlar
Short Hive

Absolutely delighted with our new long hive ,was really pleased with quick delivery
We'll be ordering another one soon

Mrs Sandra Wood
Long Hive
Brilliant!

Very pleased with the good quality workmanship and looking forward to using it in the spring.
A bonus would be to have an option to use either end entry or front entry as a choice so you could block either off as preferred depending on how you wanted to position hive in a garden ie direction of flight paths for the bees!
We might then by another one!!
Many thanks.

Brenda Bryant
Long Hive
Un"bee"livably good!!

If only all companies could be this on the ball. Personal and personable service, great product, efficient delivery and a beautifully designed and expertly made product (made from mostly sustainable materials) the dream product and company.

lisa bolt
Hyde Hives
Oiled up and ready to go

I’m glad I had the option of the oiled service as since I received the hive it has rained consistently! No place to store and no place to do myself. As with the hive, a great job.

Tony Painter
Oiled and Waterproof Service
Melksham Beekeepers Association Long Hive

Purchased a new long hive for MBKA club training apiary. Delivered by Dean in the back of his van. The quality is excellent. It has now been treated and located on site ready to receive two new colonies.

Stephen Drewell
Long Hive
Buzz work wear soft hide leather cloves

Really pleaded with these that I received as part of my hive bundle, they fit really well and are super comfortable

Ben Hamilton Anderson
Buzz Work Wear Soft Hide Leather Gloves
What a fantastic, personal service and super product

I'm a relative novice having just embarked on my 2nd year. I was lucky enough to have ordered during one of Hyde's deals so got a long hive for less than £400. Make no mistake, this is a high quality produce that is hard to fault - two first quality hives for that kind of money is great value and delivered in person too, there was a little wait but only a few weeks (they're not Amazon and this is a quality product worth waiting for). Can't recommend these guys enough - the other reviews are equally glowing which is no surprise to me. I'll be back for sure - thanks Matt and Dean, you're two of the good guys.

Steve booth
Hyde Hives