> Has anyone had experience using styrofoam hive bodies?
> Where can they be purchase in the USA?
 
Dave Taggart of Fairview Alberta has been using and promoting a styrofoam
nuc box which has a good tight fitting lid for about $30.00 Canadian ($21
US).  They have a fairly hard plastic surface as I recall, sorta like a
picnic cooler.
 
They are used to make one or two frame nucs around Midsummer's Day that
develop by fall into winterable nucs.  These nucs are transported to a
warm area in BC until spring, them returned to Alberta to be transferred
into full size hives which then produce further nucs and a honey crop.
 
Allen