Added angle steel to avoid crushing bees
Quote from wunderwood on April 18, 2017, 6:23 AMI built the stands for my hives with 2 x 8 platforms for the hives to sit on but got tired of crunching bees everytime I set parts down on the 2 x 8's. So I added some angle steel to the top of the 2 x 8's and that reduced the area of contact and dramatically decreased the number of bees being crunched.
I built the stands for my hives with 2 x 8 platforms for the hives to sit on but got tired of crunching bees everytime I set parts down on the 2 x 8's. So I added some angle steel to the top of the 2 x 8's and that reduced the area of contact and dramatically decreased the number of bees being crunched.
Quote from wunderwood on May 2, 2017, 2:33 PMThis has worked out really well. As the bees have built there is comb below the bottom of the feeder in the spacer area. I would be crushing this everytime without the angle steel to hold the feeder up from the 2 x 8's
This has worked out really well. As the bees have built there is comb below the bottom of the feeder in the spacer area. I would be crushing this everytime without the angle steel to hold the feeder up from the 2 x 8's
Quote from wunderwood on June 6, 2017, 12:31 PM
Quote from martym on June 6, 2017, 9:35 PMI like it , I think it's a good idea. I usually just flip my top cover over and sit my boxes across them.
I like it , I think it's a good idea. I usually just flip my top cover over and sit my boxes across them.