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| #3 new site in front of new fence |
While building the new fence in the back, I foolishly tried to move #3 hive over a few inches on its hive stand. This resulted in sliding the stand legs off of the ant blocker. Fortunately all it did was jolt the hive, not knocking it over. There was a brief flurry of angry bees and then all was well.
It was time to move the hive further from the fig tree and to get rid of the agapanthus that were in the way of working the hive.
I moved the hive onto a temporary stand, dug up the offending plants and brought in and leveled new dirt.
I needed a stable way to put the hive on the ant blockers. I realized that the hive could sit on a board and the ant blockers could be under the board. I screwed the blockers onto the stand and the board onto the blockers. Voila!
The hive stand for #1 and 2 is still in the previous precarious situation:
Unfortunately, moving the hives off the stand at this time would be too difficult. I will wait until after the honey harvest to make the desired alteration. Let us hope that the stand does not slip before then!
