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sean
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 12:14 pm Post subject: How much does a beehive weigh?
Roughly, with say two supers on it? And full of bees and honey and stuff, not empty or I could weigh the one I'm making a stand for.

dpack

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 12:15 pm Post subject:
50 kg guess

alison
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 12:44 pm Post subject:
If you think a full super could be 30lb of honey then that should give you an idea. How are you doing the stand. has Jamanda got you pictures of the apairy. I think there are some on the website, otherwise.

sean
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 1:15 pm Post subject:
I went up to the apiary and had a look. Just working out how much bracing the legs need.

alison
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 1:19 pm Post subject:
Why not do the breeze block and square fence post rout then, where no making is needed.

lottie

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 1:22 pm Post subject:
We've got breeze blocks

sean
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 1:23 pm Post subject:

alison wrote:

Why not do the breeze block and square fence post rout then, where no making is needed.

Because I've got a couple of spare pallets and no breeze blocks.

Mrs Fiddlesticks

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 1:44 pm Post subject:

alison wrote:

If you think a full super could be 30lb of honey then that should give you an idea.

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Agree. You know not to include a floor don't you. So it is literally a stand ie hollow square with legs at each corner.

joanne

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 1:57 pm Post subject:

Martin made me some more last week

They are actually straight and level - its my dodgy photography skills that make it look squiffy

They are made extra long so that you have space to put a frame at the back and therefore don't need a frame hanger

He's probably over engineered it a bit but he put bracing all over mainly because my bee's tend to get a bit excited and fill supers very full (although they haven't done it so far this year)

lottie

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:03 pm Post subject:
Very impressive!! had mine on upturned Warburtons bread trays for years before the breeze blocks

Tavascarow

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:18 pm Post subject:
Why only 1 brood & 2 supers. One year I had a colony on a double brood with 5 supers. When I extracted I had 90lbs of honey so a total weight of about 100kg to 120kg. Make it strong, the last thing you want is it tipping over & spilling its contents.

jamanda
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:21 pm Post subject:

TAVASCAROW wrote:

Why only 1 brood & 2 supers.
One year I had a colony on a double brood with 5 supers.
When I extracted I had 90lbs of honey so a total weight of about 100kg to 120kg.
Make it strong, the last thing you want is it tipping over & spilling its contents.

Because if I had 5 supers I would need a ladder!

Cathryn

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:25 pm Post subject:
Please can I take some photos of you in your beesuit?

Tavascarow

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:37 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

TAVASCAROW wrote:

Because if I had 5 supers I would need a ladder!

I needed a short step ladder to take the top couple off.
If all the other colonies had done so well I would still be eating the honey now but that one was particularly strong & downwind of the rest so it was picking up drifters from the other hives.
I still only averaged about 40lb a colony.

Tavascarow

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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 08 9:42 pm Post subject:

Cathryn wrote:

Please can I take some photos of you in your beesuit?

Someone beat you to it.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/max_westby/63982702/in/set-103171/

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