This is a posting stub where readers can follow the Hive Stand project.
What are your comments? Suggestions?
This is a posting stub where readers can follow the Hive Stand project.
What are your comments? Suggestions?
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May 7, 2020 at 8:53 am
Dave,
The white house stand was pretty tall so stability was important. At 18″, my hives are deeper than they are wide so stability forward and back is not an issue – so I canted in one direction only. It all comes down to whether the juice is worth the squeeze.
Thanks,
Tom
May 7, 2020 at 2:27 am
Love your stand but I noticed that the White House stand’s legs are canted in both directions . Setting up a jig to make 4 degree cuts to the rail ends, one face of the top of each leg and the bottom of the legs should be straightforward and would be more stable. Or have I over simplified this in my head? Any thoghts?
March 15, 2015 at 8:42 pm
Gary,
Send it to me at beehacker at beehacker dot com and I will post it online.
Thanks,
Tom
March 14, 2015 at 2:59 pm
I know this is a few years back but I did a sketch up of your hive stand that I am more than happy to share with the world.
April 27, 2011 at 9:50 pm
The Hive Stand Project was updated today. I put a Sketchup design file and three photographs showing a great 3-hive stand there. It was designed and built by Mike Miller. Check it out here.
April 25, 2011 at 9:59 pm
I like the stand to prevent tipping. But two things. As the previous review said, there needs to be pieces going across if one has soft soil.
Also, we have Argentine ants here, and they will actually die in water, and walk over the dead bodies to get to the hive.
The beekeepers here in San Diego suggest oil rather than water (they sink)….though, to do that, the oil needs to be under the hive stand to keep rain from filling up the reservoir.
December 10, 2010 at 10:12 am
The stand looks good. I built stands out of wood with a simler concept. I did not canter the legs which I think is a good thing. One thing that I found with the single 2X4 legs is that they will tend to sink when the ground gets soft or when you have 4-5 full suppers. I found that placing a strings between the legs at the front and at the back about 1 inch from the bottom keeps the legs from sinking and thereby maintaining stability.