i bought three of these hives; all of them went together quite easily, the first one was the learning curve one; once it was put together the other two were easy. I would give five stars but on one of the three the dovetails were cut backwards so the logo on the exterior of the hive is upside down; not that the bees will care at all but I like consistency. The nails provided for the boxes were weird; some of the boxes did not have enough nails while others had too many. After assembling all three boxes, I had two extra nails so it worked out for me but if you only buy one box, you may end up with not enough or too many nails I guess. Overall great value.