If you have multiple hives you want to elevate, you may want to consider a hive stand. You could easily fit four production colonies on just one hive stand, and if you’re using only nucs, you could put even more.
Learn how to build the hive stand in this great video tutorial below.
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these stands and others like them are great – if you don’t have ants. Not even bad ants, just ants, lots and lots of ants. My family used galvanized pipe to form 2 U-shaped parallel stands, with connecting pipes to place hive boxes on. The top of the U is 6 feet long and about 3 feet off the ground. The sides of the U are the legs that can be sunk into the ground however deeply you need for stability. Then we drilled a hole in the bottom of vege cans, filled them with a grease product, slipped them upside down on the legs before setting the legs in the ground. This makes a barrier for the ants. For us, one fill of each can lasted all summer – no ants in the hives. good luck
I don’t advise using this type of stand for several reasons. Dr Seeley from Cornell has done research which supports spacing hives 15′ apart to reduce the spread of disease and pests. Multiple hive stands encourage ants and SHB. And finally, if you prefer a clean attractive apiary this type of stand makes maintenance more difficult.
Enjoyed the video on the hive stand. But, would this be secure with frost heaves? When making stand it will be level, what about in the winter and spring when the ground shifts? Is there a work around?
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I would love to see a picture of Beverly Rampeys Galvanized pipe hive stand. As she says we have lots and lots of ants in Ga.