Hive stands diy route

[Finman]

An advantage of the Abelo metal legs is that they are adjustable. I've got mine on a sloping site, and found it easy to get the bars horizontal.

Put a piece of wood under leg and it adjusts everything.

 

[Stiffy]

Must be a few years since you checked price of Sweinty hive stand £12 now but still fairly cheap
https://www.swienty.com/pi/Hivestand_4002212_180991.aspx
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[Chriszog]

Put a piece of wood under leg and it adjusts everything.

 

[enrico]

"Stockboard" beloved of pig farmers as it resists chewing.

Thanks
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[peterbees]

Here are some pics of my homemade hive stands https://tinyurl.com/ybtaa4rg

 

[wightbees]

Thanks everyone, I'm going to make wooden triple hive stands with folding legs, looks simple..

 

[enrico]

Triple? You would only ever be able to inspect the middle one from the back. A restriction if you are trying to get the sun over your shoulder to see in the cells!

 

[wightbees]

Why would I be only able to inspect the middle hive from the back? I was going to inspect it from the sides.

 

[Beefriendly]

Must be a few years since you checked price of Sweinty hive stand £12 now but still fairly cheap
https://www.swienty.com/pi/Hivestand_4002212_180991.aspx
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Might the pound have been stronger? weaker? at the time, but you are right it was a few years ago. Decent low level stands but would have been better with adjustable legs for uneven ground.

 

[pargyle]

love this with the rotating rat

Yeh .. and a deep plastic bucket with a rat sized funnel in it beneath the scaffold pole finishes the job off - subsequent humane despatch of the litlle beggars. Hopefully, in time, you would eliminate the ones with the learned behaviour and the problem stops.

 

[enrico]

If they are all facing forward, you will have to climb into the gap between the hives if there is a big enough one, unless you inspect from the back only or am I being thick? The other thing I found with multi hive stands is that if you need to move one hive to another position you can't just lift the stand because there is another one or two hives on it, and finally, if you are having three hives on one stand and for any reason it topples, remembering the weight will be massive in the summer, you are in real trouble, been there and done that. Never again. Double size with one hive on is my advice. But good luck in whatever you build.
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[wightbees]

I was going to face hives in different directions to be honest. Total weight is a consern though, maybe a middle leg or thicker wood, or I simply remove supers as filled rather than stacking high?

 

[enrico]

I was going to face hives in different directions to be honest. Total weight is a consern though, maybe a middle leg or thicker wood, or I simply remove supers as filled rather than stacking high?

At the very least make sure that the rails that hold the hives are on top of the legs so that the pressure is directly on the leg and not on a screw that is holding the leg to the frame!

 

[Finman]

At the very least make sure that the rails that hold the hives are on top of the legs so that the pressure is directly on the leg and not on a screw that is holding the leg to the frame!

That is a good advice.

And to make a stand, you do not need to read or write a book.
Look others stands, how they have done it. I have many models, but now Enrico's advice is one basic.

 

[wightbees]

OK I have taken onboard what you all say and will give it some thought. I like the folding stand idea, looks simple..

 

[Beefriendly]

I was going to face hives in different directions to be honest.

I have three hives on the same stand all facing in the same direction so I can inspect all from the back. No drifting is obvious ...and who cares if they do. They are all my bees

 

[Hachi]

Scaffolding

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[enrico]

I have three hives on the same stand all facing in the same direction so I can inspect all from the back. No drifting is obvious ...and who cares if they do. They are all my bees

If your hives face the sun and you inspect from the back it is difficult to get the sun shining into the cells to see eggs was what I was trying to say! Just trying to be practical.
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[Beefriendly]

If your hives face the sun and you inspect from the back it is difficult to get the sun shining into the cells to see eggs was what I was trying to say! Just trying to be practical.
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Most of my stands are set out facing different directions. Seeing eggs have never been an issue.