Heart attack hive

[keith pierce]

here is a hive that nearly gave me a heart attach last week as i was clearing supers ,to move them to the heather. 5 commercial supers filled to the gills , each weighing between 30/40 lbs and bursting with bees. I was going to travel with 2 empty supers of drawn out comb, but changed my mind and just gave them just the one. If they fill that one i will give them another. The weather forcast here is not great for the next couple of weeks





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[plumberman]

Impressed!

What's the eke for?

 

[drstitson]

"What's the eke for?

to precisely match the height of his handles half way up the stack with his arm height from on top of steps. have to be ergonomically sound. not done your manual handling course?

 

[plumberman]

Doh!

I am forever indebted to your wisdom, Dr S

 

[drstitson]

let's wait for the sensible/correct answer shall we?

 

[tonybloke]

impressive stack !
could you let us know what all the various sections are? ( nosy b*gger, is me)

 

[pandtpoultry]

Hi looks great but can i ask why does it need to be so high? Could you have not removed some full supers earlier or did I miss something?

 

[Skyhook]

Kindly remove the pic- it's giving me hive envy!

 

[victor meldrew]

Spotted!
A Medallion man (IN Beekeeping ?)never!

VM

 

[keith pierce]

Hi looks great but can i ask why does it need to be so high? Could you have not removed some full supers earlier or did I miss something?

I did in early may

 

[keith pierce]

impressive stack !
could you let us know what all the various sections are? ( nosy b*gger, is me)

Brood box
Queen excluder
2 supers of empty unwired drawn comb for the heather.
Crown board with eke permentally attached to top side.
8 way bee escape clearer board.
5 full supers.
Roof