Thanks for all the help, this seems to be exactly what I was looking for! Now I just need to assure my wife that we need a new beehive for almost 300 Euros

Simon

Hi Erick, thanks for your answer and thanks a lot for searching! I want to use the beehives without any coat of paint (or just some lineseed oil) so pine ( Pinus strobus is used quite often in Germany) or spruce ( Picea abies ) wood wouldn't last very long under the rainy and wet weather conditions ...

Dear beekeepers, Sorry for asking in English but my Dutch skills are rather bad. I'm living in Northern Germany (Oldenburg) and trying to find a supplier where I can buy Dadant US beehives made from Western Red Cedar wood. It seems that the usage of this wood for this application is pretty unknown i...