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Cyclic? No, I think more linear than cyclic. Every colony has a beginning and every colony has an end. Especially with the advent of varroa and other things.

Drive a 11/2 or 2 inch pipe in the ground right up next to the side of the hive. Ratchet strap around the bottom box and the pipe. This is the horizontal strap

Then ratchet strap around the top...

#5 rebar. I cut four pieces, two 48inchs in length and two 22inchs in length.

The two long pieces I heat in the enter and bend around an 1/12 pipe so that the ends are 27 inches apart. The two...

over the winter I'll make between 25 and 30 of them and sell most when I sell nucs in the spring

If you can weld, you can makem. And not as heavy as cinder blocks. They have stood up thru...

Here's a better photo, when I put them on mats I use a PVC cap. If not on a mat I don't worry about it cause they do no sink into the ground much.43245

Thought I would throw a photos of my hive stands in the mix.43241

Another method to handle laying workers is to put a hive on top with a queen, separate the two hives with screen with a 1/2 gap between the two screens so the bees cannot touch each other, the top...