The client will scream when she gets my invoice for this stand, artwork might make her go over the top. Although...if you can afford a personal beekeeper, you can afford some artwork. I should suggest it to her.I would be really impressed if you did chainsaw carving into the hive stand and made it really artistic. You would have to do it yourself, no hiring an outside artist to do the work. Carvings of bees or flowers would be nice.
No. It is a poor access site for us and was for them. The stand is on a few inches of clay fill they left behind. The beams were just left behind in a pile of lumber. We installed them level which was complex for a simple mind like mine. The back beam is a full length 8X8. The front beam is a 6X8 cleated together with a 6X6. This made getting the piers at the right height quite a conundrum. I was going to hire Charlie, who is a construction mastermind, to come down and help us. But he considers us down in San Mateo County "bumpkins", and would probably have refused. He is too busy mingling with the sophisticated Urbumkins (as I call them) up in San Francisco.odfrank, did the construction crew do a decent job of leveling those beams before vacating the site?
You see Ollie? Dudelt, being from our glorious sister city in Seattle undoubtedly knows how to run sophisticated apiaries!!!If you really want to add sophistication, the feeders need to have Dom Perignon and the protein patties will need to be made from real Kobe beef imported from Japan. The bee suit needs to be Christian Dior. My bees have gotten a bit snooty with all these good treats and won't forage any more. They hire other bees to do it for them. At minimum wage of course.
:lpf:Charlie,
How many stations do your bees get on their Satellite TV?
Did odfrank tell you the bathroom vents make good swarm lures? Better than his logs?
Does he think the house numbers cut down on drifting?
Golly odfrank, next time you need something leveled, remember I'm just a phone call away. With all my experience leveling hives here in the rugged mountains of Kansas, I'd be glad to help out where needed.No. It is a poor access site for us and was for them. The stand is on a few inches of clay fill they left behind. The beams were just left behind in a pile of lumber. We installed them level which was complex for a simple mind like mine. The back beam is a full length 8X8. The front beam is a 6X8 cleated together with a 6X6. This made getting the piers at the right height quite a conundrum. I was going to hire Charlie, who is a construction mastermind, to come down and help us. But he considers us down in San Mateo County "bumpkins", and would probably have refused. He is too busy mingling with the sophisticated Urbumkins (as I call them) up in San Francisco.
Now THAT is a hive stand!!! Hives on each wing!
If anyone's interested - this is a link to a BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47103392 That dragon (the emblem of Wales) was carved from a felled oak using a chainsaw - the amount of fine detail is amazing.Now THAT is a hive stand!!! Hives on each wing!
That is amazing- thanks for sharing.If anyone's interested - this is a link to a BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47103392 That dragon (the emblem of Wales) was carved from a felled oak using a chainsaw - the amount of fine detail is amazing.
Enjoy.
LJ