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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: Tucker1 on March 24, 2010, 12:06:28 pm

Title: Moving Hives - Equipment Options?
Post by: Tucker1 on March 24, 2010, 12:06:28 pm

Lately, I've been considering purchasing a small open trailer to move hives around in my local area. There are some small orchards and fields in our county, where I might be able to place a small number of hives.

Being a bit older, the idea of carrying hives any distance or lifting hives onto an open trailer presents a real challenge. I suspect I could place a ramp on the trailer to avoid much of the lifting problem, but there is still the problem of moving the individual hives in the field.

It seems that something like a dolly, with balloon tires or a dually set-up might work. However, a dolly would tilt the hives when I move them and shift the frames around within the hives.

Having said all this, has anyone seen a simple low cost device that a single person could use to move hives around in an out yard and onto a small trailer?

Regards,
Tucker1

Title: Re: Moving Hives - Equipment Options?
Post by: Two Bees on March 24, 2010, 03:15:50 pm

http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,27034.0.html (http://forum.beemaster.com/index.php/topic,27034.0.html)

On the General Forum dated March 23, Bailey had a good solution.