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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: Ziffa on February 10, 2014, 10:11:09 am

Title: Bee Stands!!! YAY!
Post by: Ziffa on February 10, 2014, 10:11:09 am
My (absolutely wonderful) husband started our new bee hive stands this weekend!  Still have work to do on the foundation part,  but aren't they beautiful!!


(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs3.postimg.cc%2Fee8y85uf3%2FHIve_stands_in_garden1.jpg&hash=06a4bc4677bfabae742b9de14b2eba33d2d9cfdc) (http://postimg.cc/image/ee8y85uf3/)



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Post by: Walt B on February 10, 2014, 11:01:31 am
Very nice.  :agree:

Walt
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Post by: Perry on February 10, 2014, 12:20:33 pm
Nice stands, and I bet that whole garden looks great when things are up.  :)
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Post by: Papakeith on February 10, 2014, 12:24:37 pm
nicely done. I prefer the height that those type of stands provide over cinderblocks or pallets.
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Post by: Jen on February 10, 2014, 01:09:59 pm
Nice hive stands Ziffa! we picked up this table at the dump, works perfect and saves my back.


(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs8.postimg.cc%2F578ihcvkx%2FDSCF6776.jpg&hash=055013d86a8b4c7aea9eb876615ca38dc1a786b4) (http://postimg.cc/image/578ihcvkx/)
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Post by: riverbee on February 10, 2014, 02:13:28 pm
those are very nice stands ziffa! 
hey, what's that brown and green stuff on the ground?..... :D
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Post by: LazyBkpr on February 10, 2014, 03:39:44 pm
Aye! I forgot what dirts and live plants looked like!!

   Looking good Zifa!
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Post by: kebee on February 10, 2014, 04:51:19 pm
Looks great, good and strong, will last for a great while I do believe, are you going to paint them.

Ken
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Post by: Waverlybees on February 10, 2014, 06:49:03 pm
Quite nice Ziffa!!  Now fill'em up with hives.

Dan
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Post by: keeperofthebees on February 10, 2014, 07:38:54 pm
Those should save your back!
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Post by: Ziffa on February 11, 2014, 10:44:40 am
Thanks everybody! 

I am a little worried they are too high, but I told Michael he will just have to build me a step stool if we have a good honey year!

I don't know if we will paint them or not yet.  Depends on how long it takes us to finish them :)  I have 4 hives to move onto them so want to do that before it really warms up.  then we'll have enough room for some nucs!

I'm so excited, but now it's 30 and snowing in atlanta again.  Grrrrr.

love,
ziffa
Title: Re: Bee Stands!!! YAY!
Post by: Ziffa on February 14, 2014, 11:58:21 am
Hey Lazy and Riverbee - Here's a view of my garden that might fit your paradigm better!  :) 3 days of ice and snow in Atlanta.  YUK!  But still beautiful.  As long as it doesn't last!

It will be upper 50s this weekend though.  Hubby says the girls are flying.  I"m soo worried about early spring starvation!

love,
ziffa
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Post by: riverbee on February 14, 2014, 04:39:02 pm
......... :D

nice picture ziffa!!! lol!
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Post by: Edward on February 14, 2014, 05:51:35 pm

(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs27.postimg.cc%2F6ouyp22nz%2FBIBNK2_1.jpg&hash=271648048ab5486209816030e3d15b5c7a5b7546) (http://postimg.cc/image/6ouyp22nz/)

(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs11.postimg.cc%2Fafwf2zb7j%2Fbilder_nokia_903.jpg&hash=ed0b280764e753b521cd71be1b9de7a376c353ea) (http://postimg.cc/image/afwf2zb7j/)

(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs7.postimg.cc%2Ff96pp14jr%2Fteater_taket_102.jpg&hash=8dde6d45cb4b53fd9a86d9daed1defbdbb2479a9) (http://postimg.cc/image/f96pp14jr/)

My bee stand is made so i can rest frames on it at 45o on the stand between the hives that I work from behind.


mvh Edward  :P
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Post by: riverbee on February 14, 2014, 06:27:01 pm
nice hive stand and plan there edward, thank you!
 is that you in the picture? also, couldn't help but notice the level in the 3rd pic...... :D
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Post by: LazyBkpr on February 14, 2014, 08:01:56 pm
nice hive stand and plan there edward, thank you!
 is that you in the picture? also, couldn't help but notice the level in the 3rd pic...... :D

   And that hive on the stand, is that bottom box plastic? What do you think of it?
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Post by: Edward on February 14, 2014, 08:03:51 pm
Yup! its me blabbing about bees to the reporters  8)

I like spending a little time getting it shipshape and right from the start .

Its a beeyard on top of the Towns theater, bit of a PR coo .

The idea was to get in the local paper but it ended up in both local papers, the radio, local tv news and wound up on prime time news all across whole country  8) :D :laugh: 8)
Also a year later in two ladies magazines

It took them less than 3 hrs to settle in and start bringing home pollen to the hive  :P


mvh Edward  :P
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Post by: Edward on February 14, 2014, 08:21:14 pm
And that hive on the stand, is that bottom box plastic? What do you think of it?

Its called the "universal botten" the universal bottom and made from foam, frigolit, polly,  compact insulation

It was designed by a Group of Swedish beekeepers.

It is a raised high bottom with a metal ventilation plate at back that can be opened for inspection, medication, and it Draws condensates moisture like the rear wall of a fridge under the Winters months.

Some don't like it beecause the bees can build burr comb, but i see it as a buffet to keep over productive Queens from swarming or if the bees build faster then I can put on new boxes they Always have some extra room, a buffet  ;)
(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs11.postimg.cc%2F7uehjw8zj%2FUniversalbotten_1.jpg&hash=f3a3a63aaa84ad2d8701870ebc7e133a1c40dd85) (http://postimg.cc/image/7uehjw8zj/)

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mvh Edward  :P
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Post by: LazyBkpr on February 14, 2014, 08:28:48 pm
Interesting Idea, have never seen one of those before, thanks!!!
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Post by: Edward on February 14, 2014, 08:41:39 pm
There are Three or more options for the entrance with an upper and lower entrance.

Summer, Winter, mouse guard, and drone, Queen excluder.


mvh Edward  :P
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Post by: riverbee on February 14, 2014, 08:44:29 pm
thank you edward!
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Post by: Edward on February 14, 2014, 09:01:32 pm
Thanks  :-[

One other thing that is important, I like the stands to bee lowish, but at least 30-40cm off the ground 12-16inches.

This is so the early morning and late season ground moisture/damp doesn't hinder the hive from starting to work early in the morning.

IMPORTANT

Another important thing is they should bee Place in a leeward area, a friend did research last summer and the hives that were out of the wind gathered 30-40% more honey :o

They were 20 meters or yards apart in rappe seed fields.



Mvh Edward  :P
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Post by: blueblood on February 17, 2014, 03:38:19 pm
Yes, absolutely, and nice garden too.