Beehive stands diy

With the arrival of our packaged bees scheduled for April 16th, it was time to get into gear and construct a hive stand. Getting the hives off of the ground is helpful in several ways. One, it provides better ventilation, and it also helps save your back when working the hives. It looks good too, which is a plus if you are going to have hives in your backyard! I built the hive stand using treated lumber, and it should provide years of low maintenance service. Here is the area after the sod…

Beehive Stands Put Together In 5 Minutes? We're Using Concrete Cinder Blocks & 4x4 Posts to make a beehive stand. Come See How Easy It Is! #TexasHomesteader

Cinder blocks are good for starters, but eventually it is nice to move on to real, sturdy beehive stands. This is the second version of hive stands for my friend that has bees as a hobby. Check out this post to see how I built a batch of them with folding legs and adjustable feet. […]

Hi everyone! We lost our very first bee hive to ants. We even tried many of the old wives tales such as buckets of water/oil for the stand legs, cinnamon...

Hi All, I have embarked on my first beeK journey, and started out by throwing this stand together with some leftover wood from a deck project. Please give...

If your hive has a solid bottom board, tip it slightly forward to allow the water to drain. Making a simple hive shelter will also help keep your bees dry.

Are you tired of looking at your hives sitting on the ground on pallets or cinder blocks? Wouldn’t it be nice to proudly display your hives on professionally made, metal hive stands that provide your bees added protection against the natural predators? Then the Bee C hive Stand may be exactly what you need. In constructing this patented bee hive stand, we were able to successfully combine some older, proven practices with a more modern approach and design.

An elevated hive stand is exactly what it sounds like: an item you use to hold a beehive off the ground. Many beekeepers put all of their hives on this kind of

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After losing two nucs to ants I came up with a solution for those darn Argentine ants that raid hives here in California. I made "T's" with 1" galvanized...