Who has the biggest hive

[boca]

 

[MattC]

 

[Queens59]

Should they be valid without the bees in shot?? I think they need to be shot from the entrance side

 

[boca]

Should they be valid without the bees in shot??

 

[Bitbybit]

The wife tells me its all about technique

 

[Queens59]

Very good - but how about panning up to show the whole hive??? I am feeling VERY cranky today

 

[cafemonkey]

Thorne's will be laughing their socks of when you're all buying extra supers lol. And Yes, from a female beek ... size matters!

 

[melias]

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[crazy_bull]

Not the best photo, as i'd just taken my suit off and remembered to take a photo, biggest hive is second closest, with several others with 5-6 supers on in the background:




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[Mark Young]

Crikey!

until i read this thread I was quite pleased with myself having a double brood and 2 supers on my hives...

 

[Finman]

Crikey!

until i read this thread I was quite pleased with myself having a double brood and 2 supers on my hives...

You should add two more...or look what you have in brood boxes, honey or brood?

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[alldigging]

Are there some really tall beekeepers or do people carry ladders?

 

[crazy_bull]

Are there some really tall beekeepers or do people carry ladders?

I'm 6'2"and my hive is just over head height, I just lift up each super individually.

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[Beauhawk]

Having just added my second super to my colony that has developed well from a package earlier this year I feel quite insignificant now..

I will get honey in my first year so mustn't grumble

 

[Finman]

Are there some really tall beekeepers or do people carry ladders?

"Nature teaches to wood peckers boy how to climb to the tree"

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If they have piled the tower, propably they get the topmost down.
But like yesterday. I left the full Langstroth honey box on ground.
Bees can walk into the hive by themselves.

My back have started to hate those skyscrapers, but how do I get over 100 kg honey from dwarf?.

 

[alldigging]

http://youtu.be/XyZ-5AjXfHE
How to Get - Tallest / Biggest - Bee Hives

 

[crazy_bull]

Having just added my second super to my colony that has developed well from a package earlier this year I feel quite insignificant now..

I will get honey in my first year so mustn't grumble

That is great, often a swarm/nuc/package will not build up enough in the first season to get much honey, so be happy 2 full supers = 40lb+

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[stephenpug]

I know it is late in the season but one of my queens is laying like mad i think the heat has got to her ! so i have just added an undrawn super on top of the national brood to give them more room and something to do to take their mind off swarming it already has 5 supers on nearly full of honey but only a very little capped so i have also stuck another super on so it now stands at 1 1/2 brood box and 6 supers
who would have bet money on this in April lol

 

[YorkshireBees]

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Two wooden hives on dbl std national deeps with 5 supers each and 1 poly on dbl std national brood with 4 supers are my biggest at the moment.
The Poly would should have another super on but I have run out!

and no that is not me on the photo but a guy who is getting some experience with me prior to keeping his own bees and is 5'9" tall.

 

[MuswellMetro]

I though we were doing quite good but seeing how large other's are , i now feel very inadequate