Hello, all!
I have a question to ask y'all
I live in the country and I'm trying to figure out where I want to put bee yard.
A little history: I live in central Arkansas and the Dardanelle lake is about 150 yards from my house so my bee's will have plenty of water.
My pasture has some trees but not A lot.
I want to position my yard where the hives will get early sun from the east. Np.
I have goats so I know I'll have to fence my bee yard in.
We get some fairly violent weather here of straight line winds of gusts of 80 mph. And violent micro burst storms. With biblical rain. My prevailing winds come from the west over neighbors trees. My question is I don't want to build A lot of fences to protect my bee's. My thinking was to build A small yard now. Fence livestock panels ate 16' long and around 5' tall.
So I figured 15'? 30' to start.
But that doesn't keep the wind off my hives.
Then I was thinking of driving t- posts in. About 2' 8" apart then sliding pallets vertically over the posts to create a wind block.
Some beeks have suggested ziptieing burlap sacks to the livestock panel fence. But my goats will chew on it.
Also, has anyone seen a stable hive stand that doesn't involve me digging a hole?
My pasture is very rocky. I don't dig unless absolutely necessary.
Anywho. Please ask me anything.
Any advise would be great! Btw.
I tend to overbuild everything.