A hive for housing honey bees, including a substantially hollow hexagonal shaped structure including a three-side base forming one-half of the hexagon and a three-sided exterior roof forming the other half of a hexagon, the base and the roof configured to fit together with a front plate and an end plate to form the substantially hollow hexagonal structure to house the hive; and at least one interior bar in the shape of one-half of a hexagon configured to rest on top of the base and under the roof such that the half hexagonal shape of the interior bar approximately matches the half hexagonal shape of the roof, the interior bar having a plurality of openings extending through its cross-section for bees to travel through, the interior bar being configured to retain a honeycomb hanging therefrom, the honeycomb being able to hang down into the base.