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Title: if u had to do it all over again and owned 22 hives what would u buy
Post by: adamant on August 27, 2011, 01:57:35 pm

what equipment would buy if u had to do it over again? i am looking to expand my honey operation and looking for the most time effective equipment out there.

Title: Re: if u had to do it all over again and owned 22 hives what would u buy
Post by: Jim134 on August 27, 2011, 02:46:23 pm

How many hives do you want at the end ??? 25,50,100,500



    BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)

Title: Re: if u had to do it all over again and owned 22 hives what would u buy
Post by: bud1 on August 27, 2011, 06:19:51 pm

another traile rgot 4 now gona build another

Title: Re: if u had to do it all over again and owned 22 hives what would u buy
Post by: JP on August 27, 2011, 08:28:29 pm

Quote from: adamant on August 27, 2011, 01:57:35 pm

what equipment would buy if u had to do it over again? i am looking to expand my honey operation and looking for the most time effective equipment out there.

If you are considering maximizing your efforts for maximum honey production then go with all deeps. Go with cypress woodenware. Place all your hives on trailers or pallets. If you can afford it one of those hive moving bobcats.

I like my 20 frame Maxant extractor.

Warehouse to place woodenware and other equipment.

Build you a honey house and keep it heated to at least 75F year round.

Build you another house or walk in cooler to store extracted and full honey frames for feed.

I could go on and on but the message is clear, acquire all the amenities you can for ease of use and maximum production.

Oh, and don't forget that bee keeping is a form of agriculture dependent on many variables, mostly weather related. There will be good years, poor years, great years and terrible ones.

You asked!  :-D


...JP

Title: Re: if u had to do it all over again and owned 22 hives what would u buy
Post by: Michael Bush on August 27, 2011, 11:07:16 pm

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