How To Build A Heavy Duty Beehive Stand

[@MarekArawn]

Clear, concise, direct to the point. Great video! Thanks from Canada!

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thanks for the comment really appreciate it 😊

[@MarekArawn]

@@gwenyngruffydd I've been looking for a hive stand model. Guess whose I'm going with! Diolch yn fawr!!

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Croeso!! 😁👍🏻

[@pantderwenapiary9935]

Great video Gruffydd

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Thanks!

[@CecilBaringtonSmythe]

Fantastic video Gruffyd. I like the simplicity and practicality of your design. I'm currently setting up a new apiary site an will try and emulate your design. Where I'd you purchase the nine inch hollow breeze blocks from please? Thanks in advance. Aberdeenshire.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Hi David, Thank you 😊 glad you found the video useful. You can buy them from any builders merchant. They are standard blocks used right over the country.

[@CecilBaringtonSmythe]

@@gwenyngruffydd thanks! I had struggled to find them as I had been looking under the American title of 'conder blocks'. Cheers!

[@rajeshnaik2391]

Is it necessary to use that thicker wood? Will it be safe from worms during rainy season?

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Yes I would say you need thick wood. I have used 4”x2” in the past and they will bow under the pressure. Paint the stands or use tantalised timber and place them on bricks so their off the floor.

[@CJBeekeeping]

Hi Gruffyd, Do Paynes Nucs fit on ok ?

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Yes 😊👍🏻

[@HaroldKeiner]

The lumber looks like a full 2x6.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Hi! Yes it is! That’s my favourite spec for a hive stand. But I do use 2x4 as well.

[@HaroldKeiner]

I only mentioned it as here in the states most 2x6 are 1.5x5.5. If you want full size you would have to go to a mill.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Harold Keiner really!? What is the reason behind that?

[@HaroldKeiner]

@@gwenyngruffydd All lumber is sized less than it is called. 2x4 is 1.5x3.5 1" lumber is 3/4" I'm 68 and as long as I can remember lumber has been sized small. I remember when a 2x4 was 1.75" x3.75". I guess it so they can get more lumber from a tree. Most lumber, if you don't use it fairly soon after purchase it twists and warps, if left to sit.

[@gwenyngruffydd]

Harold Keiner our wood does that too. Unless we buy CLS timber. I think they are sized much smaller too.

[@starrstewart7083]

I've found great handbook on woodprix website. Good solutions for everyone I think

[@barryburac8344]

I love that Starr!