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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: bailey on February 07, 2013, 12:01:40 am
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Found a way to raise nucs to waist level.
A source of free 2x4 cut to 36"
Took em and made sawhorses!
going to put rails on top and sit my nucs on the rails. :-D
Only cost will be the 2x4 rails that run between sawhorses.
My back will be very happy for this !! :laugh:
Pic below.
Bailey
(http://s4.postimage.org/nzwjcqj0p/image.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/nzwjcqj0p/)
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Maybe that's what I should do with my tbhs! Lawl.
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Why just today I was thinking of ways to make things easier in the back. This is a good idea. I have to come up with something that can be used on sloping terrain. Maybe something with 3'-4' tall end supports that I can bolt my railing to so that I'm level from side to side but sloping back to front.
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Bush_84 when I built my TBH I had some pieces of 4x4's, so it has those or the legs. Bottom of legs cut on an angle so to set flat. I try to level my hives side to side and front to back, using foundationless frames mostly. Also, some will say I am messing up and maybe but I have my hives under a metal roof. Don't have to worry about raining into hives, also have SBB's anyway. Good luck to yall
Joe
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Good idea bailey. That would work well with queen castles also. Being bent over for hours does put a strain on the back. Thanks.
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I've decided to build a double rail with posts cemented into the ground. It looks great so far. Hope I don't have to move my hives anywhere! ;)
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I have all my mating nucs waist high off the ground now. I hated stooping over to work them before.
Each year I moved them higher and higher. You'll never have them down low again Bailey.
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Be sure to put some cross members on the legs or you will lose em in a good storm!
Blanc
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Wanted to show finished product with first rack in place. Can hold 2 rows of nucs at waist level. Plus 2 more at knee level if I wanted or needed.
My back is so happy:):)
Bailey.
Blanc. There will be 2x4 cross bracing and acting as a shelf on the leg braces.
That's the second level of rows at knee level.
(http://s7.postimage.org/4bbafkfpz/image.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/4bbafkfpz/)
(http://s4.postimage.org/j5t12t91l/image.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/j5t12t91l/)
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Bush_84 when I built my TBH I had some pieces of 4x4's, so it has those or the legs. Bottom of legs cut on an angle so to set flat. I try to level my hives side to side and front to back, using foundationless frames mostly. Also, some will say I am messing up and maybe but I have my hives under a metal roof. Don't have to worry about raining into hives, also have SBB's anyway. Good luck to yall
Joe
What I meant by that was take my tbh and put my nucs on my empty tbh. I made two and they both died. I do not think I will restock them unless a swarm moves in.
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now only if you can figure a way for me to lay tile floors without bending over...then we will be set... :-D good idea Bailey
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i see them 2x4's saggin soon. turn them on the 1.5" edge.
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i see them 2x4's saggin soon. turn them on the 1.5" edge.
Me thinks you were looking at the pics that were under the saw horse and nuc set-up. If you clicked the pics to enlarge em, that is. ;)
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Bush_84 when I built my TBH I had some pieces of 4x4's, so it has those or the legs. Bottom of legs cut on an angle so to set flat. I try to level my hives side to side and front to back, using foundationless frames mostly. Also, some will say I am messing up and maybe but I have my hives under a metal roof. Don't have to worry about raining into hives, also have SBB's anyway. Good luck to yall
Joe
What I meant by that was take my tbh and put my nucs on my empty tbh. I made two and they both died. I do not think I will restock them unless a swarm moves in.
Gave my TBHs to a newbee friend after playing w/ them for a couple years. They were fun for a while, but problematic for my expanding beeyard.
I like my (waist level) LONG Hives much better as the frames can be interchanged in and out of my Langs. Made my life and my bees lives easier. I also have a NUC Bench (belly high) that makes my world a better place 8-).
"People seek to satisfy their desires with the least exertion." Henry George
(and the least amount of back strain/pain :-D)
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My first thought was that will bee one tall unworkable hive :(
Then I read the nuc part :-D
What a great and ingenious idea, why should the hive bee low when the benefits for the hive( less damp,less heat reflection)
For the beekeeper easy access :-D
Simple ideas are good!
mvh edward :-P
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Here is a pic of the rack with nucs on em. First nucs of the year. :-D
(http://s7.postimage.org/ij39z1h5j/image.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/ij39z1h5j/)
Bailey
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I'm impatiently waiting... :-D looks good Bailey
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Must be nice not to be in bear country,if i would do that they would be in the woods getting eat and they have no fear of the house.