I have two concerns about not accessing them at this point:
One: I'd like to get down to the bottom hive body to make sure it's
loaded and the activity looks healthy.
Two: I use fall medications which require accessing inbetween the two
bodies and this fall I'm using a different apistan-related product
that will require putting a frame(not a foundation frame, a frame the
same size as the body perimeter to create small space) inbetween the
two bodies to allow for height for the meds so I'll have to lift that
top body somehow.
By the way - inbetween inspections this summer, my bees seem to have
drawn comb connecting the frames in the hive bodies together and along
the sides of the body - should I worry about this and try and cut
straight down through it with my hive tool? Or is it best to just
leave it?
Thanks again!
KBee/Kellie
On Aug 8, 6:03 am, carsimex <carsi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Aug 7, 6:57 pm, kwh <kel...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > I'm just wondering if anyone has helpful hints on how to lift/move
> > hive bodies for inspection purposes?
> > I'm a relatively strong female (used to lifting 50 lbs) but now with
> > the bodies full of honey and bees I guess they're probably 60-80 lbs
> > which is quite a challenge - particularly since I'm trying not to
> > disturb/drop/crush any bees. Thought maybe someone has a contraption
> > or method suggestion?
> > I was considering attaching some handles to the outside to help as my
> > hive bodies just have a shallow hand-hold - thoughts?
> > Thanks!
> > KBee/Kellie
>
> If your hive body is 60-80 lbs and full hive bod is about 90lb it is
> pretty much full of honey. That means honey flow is on or over and
> there should not really be a reason for an inspection. The only thing
> you want to do now is to remove honey and you can accomplish this by
> removing frame by frame. Than just shake bees off. That should be
> easy enough. Good luck.
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