Made 50 migratory bottom boards, here's some photos

**westernbeekeeper** · 01-21-2013, 10:13 AM

I made 50 migratory bottom boards last Saturday. Thought they turned out well and thought I'd share a couple photos.

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**dansk** · 01-21-2013, 11:50 AM

Hi Ben,

Those are awesome! I like the fact that you can stack the hives closer. It that your own design?

**Charlie B** · 01-21-2013, 12:01 PM

Nice Ben!

**oblib** · 01-21-2013, 12:55 PM

I think barry broke your link, i'm getting invalid attachment error.

**westernbeekeeper** · 01-21-2013, 01:16 PM

Fixed

**westernbeekeeper** · 01-21-2013, 01:17 PM

Thanks guys! Yes, it's my own design. I made it in the best interest of those who palletize their operation by just putting bottom boards onto pallets (as we do) instead of using a standard 4-way pallet: and also for those few that have "large-ish" operations but are not palletized; they are easily moved with a dolly/handtruck, especially if using a self-levelling one.

**PapaB** · 02-08-2013, 08:48 AM

Those are good looking Benjamin.

**minz** · 03-10-2013, 02:16 PM

OK, here are pictures of my bottom boards inspired from this post. I wanted to do divided bottoms to do divided deeps (already built a bunch).
I did not want to plane down the lumber. I got burned out doing that for a full day and could not bring myself to fire that thing up.
Everything with the grain is glued and nailed, everything cross grain was primed and painted and screwed (or nailed) with the paint wet (HarryV). Anything with multiple fasteners had one fixed and the rest slotted. All fasteners were attempted to be under the deep. All ends were primed and painted.
Bottoms look like the others
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/...psabe089a9.jpg
Tops are divided with and entrance on both sides facing the opposite direction:
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9ed2512f.jpg
Close up, just a thin piece of wood with a roofing nail driven through it painted first.
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/...ps52442c35.jpg
Yes, that is sun in Portland in March, not trick photography.

**Mbeck** · 03-10-2013, 02:38 PM

Did you use Plywood?
MDO?

**minz** · 03-11-2013, 01:19 PM

100% Solid rough cut hemlock (about 1 1/16" thick). Actually, I had 3 biscuits on each of the edge jointed pieces but I don't count that. I only have about 800 BF left to build stuff with.