I am thinking about doing a hive for comb honey production next year and I've been reading alot on the subject. Richard Taylor and other advocate stuffing an existing 2 deep story hive into a shallow or just 1 deep. They also talk about moving the rest of the hive directly behind the existing hive and adding a new queen. I'm pretty lazy and more worried about hurting my back than necessarily the expense of building a nice stand so I've put together a picture of something I have been thinking about that I want to run by everyone. My main existing stand design is basically built around 3 hives in a row, except I leave the middle empty to stack onto when I'm doing inspections. You can see that right here.
For this new design I have decided to try and design something that is reusable just in case the comb honey idea doesn't pan out. I'm going to make 2 sections that are bolted together but that can easily be taken apart to make an L shaped stand in the future. I'd like any ideas or constructive criticism you have. The picture of the design is located here.
[This message has been edited by TDITim (edited December 28, 2004).]
For this new design I have decided to try and design something that is reusable just in case the comb honey idea doesn't pan out. I'm going to make 2 sections that are bolted together but that can easily be taken apart to make an L shaped stand in the future. I'd like any ideas or constructive criticism you have. The picture of the design is located here.
[This message has been edited by TDITim (edited December 28, 2004).]