Shapleigh's Bees
03-25-2008, 04:49 PM
I'm reading in other forums that folks are having trouble with back orders of hives in particular. I "put in an order" for my hives and they "arrived" like three hours later. I did have a hold up on my bars as there was a "backorder" on borrowing dad's table saw. My brother had already borrowed it to make his bars. The good news is he preferred making my bars to loaning me the saw, so I dropped off the scrap lumber a couple of weeks ago and picked up my bars on Easter.
I "ordered" a nuc and it "arrived" in like 20 minutes.
While I was painting, I looked at my 99 cent multi-function paint scraper and realized I had my "hive tool." Saw a fancy version of the same thing with a cushion grip at Lowe's for 3 dollars - resisted the temptation.
Right now, the only thing on "backorder" is my covers. My hives are just too nice to have an ugly cover. I've settled on a design and cut some lumber but am having trouble getting the aluminum to cooperate. (I have figured out a solution.) They will weigh less than three pounds and I'm going to have them hinge on one side and latch down. Almost no lifting. No stooping or bending.
The more I read, the more I think tbh is the way to go for hobbyists. I won't go so far as to say they are the best thing ever, but for me, I'm quite happy I went the way I did.
I "ordered" a nuc and it "arrived" in like 20 minutes.
While I was painting, I looked at my 99 cent multi-function paint scraper and realized I had my "hive tool." Saw a fancy version of the same thing with a cushion grip at Lowe's for 3 dollars - resisted the temptation.
Right now, the only thing on "backorder" is my covers. My hives are just too nice to have an ugly cover. I've settled on a design and cut some lumber but am having trouble getting the aluminum to cooperate. (I have figured out a solution.) They will weigh less than three pounds and I'm going to have them hinge on one side and latch down. Almost no lifting. No stooping or bending.
The more I read, the more I think tbh is the way to go for hobbyists. I won't go so far as to say they are the best thing ever, but for me, I'm quite happy I went the way I did.