What's in your apiary?

[alldigging]

What's your preferred apiary floor like?

Slabs for the hives to stand on?

Grass - do you mow it?

Muclh over weed fabric for minimal work and a tidy look?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

chipped wood from my hedge laying over bare earth as some thieving Pi**y b**ta*d stole a massive roll of terram I'd been given from the chapel stables last year

 

[Gilberdyke John]

What's your preferred apiary floor like?

Slabs for the hives to stand on?

Grass - do you mow it?

Muclh over weed fabric for minimal work and a tidy look?

Concrete yard surface with breeze blocks under hives to provide elevation to avoid having to stoop while manipulating.

 

[dpearce4]

Lots and lots of stinging nettles, holes from a badger set and rabbits, and lots of building rubble from the houses that were there before it was an apiary. Plus also a few bee hives lol.

 

[YorkshireBees]

As my main out apiaries are at the sides of fields I place concrete paving slabs (try to make them level) on the ground but pretty much either grass and or nettles grow quite tall round the hives.
Besides ensuring that I have space to inspect and the entrance is always clear I don't usually strim them down too much as they also hide the hives from the public!

 

[Cazza]

Concrete slabs with hives on breeze blocks in an orchard. Mowed/strimmed 2x yearly.
Cazza

 

[SireeDubs]

Hives sit on paving slab each on the edge of the woodland area of my back garden (which us actually a glorified small field with fruit patch). Ground mainly old leaves and sticks - a bit uneven, but very sheltered and open to some good sunlight. Hives are right next to garden shed, so kids watch inspections from she'd window a couple of feet away!

 

[Erichalfbee]

A sloping field

 

[REDWOOD]

concrete slabs on a bed of chippings to get it level, cut grass when I can't see hives

 

[Loubylou]

Weed suppressant membrane with gravel on top and then hives on home made stands.

 

[madasafish]

Either concrete slabs# or wooden rafts on my lawn which is mown weekly .. I strim/mow under the hives to keep them neat and tidy.

# cut into two to save money and space..

 

[lukestew]

beer crates on the grass. some have concrete slabs under the hives. others have a wooden stand made of a pair 5x2s long enough to have a pair of hives on each one

 

[Swarm]

My apiary is different every time I visit
Large pile of wood (very large) has been there for a while now. Most of the cut stone has been used up but still a few palletsfull lying around. Storage tanks of various sizes come and go. Whatever appears provides shelter and privacy for the hives and my landlord is a perfect gentleman.

 

[7879fordman]

Here's mine

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[Erichalfbee]

On carpet !
lovely colours.......

 

[witchcraft]

Rotting pallets (I must put down some slabs!) on weed infested clay/rubble (stingers) behind a barn backing onto OSR and bean fields, I take a pair of lawn clippers with me to ensure I have a working area around the hives. Love the apiary pictures above

 

[YorkshireBees]

On carpet !
lovely colours.......

How many times a year is it hoovered??? (Vacuum'd)

 

[alldigging]

Here's mine

Envy!

That looks great! No mowing. Vaccing maybe?

 

[enrico]

On the side of a mountain facing south with a few hand flattened areas where I have laid 2 metre by 1 metre slabs to stop moles undermining them . If I inspect the front hives the back hives are Flying out above my head height! Difficult to walk down hill with full box's though!
E

 

[einsteinagogo]

Apiary No.1 Hive No.1 on wooden painted green pallet, with a few flat house tiles as landing boards, to stop them going under the floor and pallet.

Double hive stand with nuc box, just returned from Apiary No.2.

Apiary No.2 - large amount of weed fabric, covering approx 5m x 10m, double hive stand with two nationals, and bait hive on plastic bread crates, also have more plastic bread crates and wooden large pallet, as a fence to stop visitors.

(I like the idea of bark as mulch, must investigate, it will help weigh down the weed fabric, and stop the weeds)