BeeBuilt

Category: Equipment Also called: Bee Built; beebuilt.com; BeeBuilt Warre / Top Bar hives Last checked: 2026-10-05

What it is

BeeBuilt is a first-party U.S. beekeeping-equipment maker and shop based in a restored warehouse in SE Portland, Oregon. Its official Shopify store (beebuilt.com) sells hand-crafted Western Red Cedar Warré and top-bar hive kits and components, hive stands, roofs, tools, protective gear, and related backyard-beekeeping supplies. Official About copy states the company builds hives in Portland (“Our shop is in a restored warehouse in SE Portland, OR”) and ships finished products rather than outsourcing assembly-line production overseas. FAQ copy names owners James and Dana Dirksen in Portland, Oregon (owners since 2019). This listing is for the first-party supply shop with an official catalog URL and citeable kit/woodenware prices, not a honey gift shop and not a county club.

Who it’s for

Hobby and natural-style beekeepers who want U.S.-made Western Red Cedar Warré or top-bar hive kits (and matching components) ordered from beebuilt.com, and visitors who can arrange a Portland shop tour per About (“If you’re in Portland, come on by - we’ll give you a tour”). Not a Langstroth-only warehouse, not a membership club hall, and not a university course.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party Equipment operation. It prints Portland shop identity on About/FAQ, runs an official Shopify catalog with on-page dollar prices for full hive kits and woodenware SKUs, and publishes free-shipping thresholds on the storefront. It is not a scraped directory card, not Amazon, and not an affiliate storefront.

• Branch / identity (About + FAQ — checked 2026-10-05): Shop described as a restored warehouse in SE Portland, OR; owners James and Dana Dirksen in Portland, Oregon since 2019. FAQ states BeeBuilt does not have a customer-support phone line; contact is via the official Contact Us form (usually same-day response as printed). No walk-in street address or public retail hours were printed on the About / Contact / FAQ pages on the check date — cite the live Contact page before treating any street pin as fixed.
• Official shop / brand (home + About — checked 2026-10-05): https://beebuilt.com/. Home marquee and cart copy printed free-shipping thresholds: “Get FREE SHIPPING on orders over $199” and “Free US shipping on orders $150 and up” (both strings appeared on the same storefront pass — confirm the live threshold before relying on either figure). Shipping page notes worldwide shipping options and stock-ship framing.
• Sample printed catalog prices (official product / collection JSON + product pages — checked 2026-10-05): Warre Hive Full Kit (2 boxes w/ windows, composite roof, quilt box, base, and feet) $699.00; Top Bar Hive in Western Red Cedar — Without Window $749.00 / With Window $799.00; Warre Hive Box $165.00; Universal Hive Stand $139.00; Bee Snug All Season Roof for Warre Hives $149.00; Warre Quilting Box With Natural Hemp Insulation $61.00; Warre Hive Base $88.00; Warre Hive Base and Feet Combo $85.00; Warre Hive Feet $30.00; Warre Western Red Cedar Top Bars $8.00; Ultimate Hive Tool $32.00; Warre Hive Mouse Guard $12.00. Confirm live SKU before treating any figure as fixed.

Hours (if any), stock, kit contents, free-shipping thresholds, and prices above are what the official pages showed on the check date. They can change. Use the live product or Contact page before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

Official shop / home: https://beebuilt.com/

About: https://beebuilt.com/pages/about-us

Contact Us: https://beebuilt.com/pages/contact-us

FAQ: https://beebuilt.com/pages/faq

Shipping: https://beebuilt.com/pages/shipping

Warre Hive Full Kit: https://beebuilt.com/products/warre-hive

Top Bar Hive in Western Red Cedar: https://beebuilt.com/products/top-bar-hive

Warré Hives collection: https://beebuilt.com/collections/warre-hives

All Beekeeping Supplies collection: https://beebuilt.com/collections/beekeeping-supplies

Location

Primary shop identity printed on the official About page (2026-10-05): restored warehouse in SE Portland, OR. Owners named on FAQ as based in Portland, Oregon. No public street address or walk-in hours were printed on About / Contact / FAQ on the check date; FAQ directs product questions to the Contact Us form (no support phone line). Confirm the live Contact / About pages before you travel.

This is a retail / manufacturing supply identity. Do not treat it as a county club meeting hall or a university classroom.

Notes

• Category is Equipment. BeeBuilt is a first-party Portland beekeeping-equipment maker with an official catalog URL and citeable Warré / top-bar kit prices. It is not a honey-only apiary, not a Local club, and not a Learning pathway. It is distinct from the Equipment shops already listed (Dadant, Mann Lake, Betterbee, GloryBee, Foxhound, Acorn Pierco, Rossman, HillCo, Blue Sky Bee Supply, Beeline Woodenware, Beez Needz, Premier Bee Products, Blythewood Bee Company, Western Bee Supplies).
• Kit and component prices, SE Portland warehouse identity, owner names, no-phone FAQ, and dual free-shipping threshold strings ($150 / $199) are transcribed from official beebuilt.com pages checked on 2026-10-05 and may change. Cite the live threshold and SKU; do not invent a reconciled shipping rule or a street address that the first-party pages do not print. No purchase was made from Beekeeping Plaza.
• First-party brand/product image saved beside this listing as bee-built.png (from the official Shopify Open Graph asset Untitled_design_1.jpg; converted to PNG only, no other edits).
• Not affiliated with Beekeeping Plaza.
• No Beekeeping Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: Where is BeeBuilt, and how do I reach the shop?
A: Official About page (checked 2026-10-05): restored warehouse in SE Portland, OR; FAQ names owners James and Dana Dirksen in Portland and states there is no customer-support phone line — use https://beebuilt.com/pages/contact-us. Confirm the live Contact / About pages before travel; no public street address was printed on those pages on the check date.

Q: What hive and kit prices were printed today?
A: Official product pages / catalog JSON (checked 2026-10-05): Warre Hive Full Kit $699.00; Top Bar Hive Without Window $749.00 / With Window $799.00; Warre Hive Box $165.00; Universal Hive Stand $139.00; Bee Snug All Season Roof (Warré) $149.00. Confirm the live SKU.

Q: Is BeeBuilt a honey farm or a club?
A: No. The official About and shop pages describe a Portland beekeeping-equipment maker with an online catalog of Warré and top-bar hives and supplies. It is listed here as Equipment (a first-party supply shop with an official shop URL), not as a Local club and not as a Learning program.