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"Dr. Gerald L Barbor" <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 9 Jan 1999 10:48:56 -0500
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Dear Roger,
     I have been using a trailer with hives permanently attached for over
10 years for pollination.  I used a 4' X 8'  utility trailer with a
plywood bed  and I screwed six bottom boards directly to the bed (tried
angle brackets at first, but they didn't worh as well). If starting over
I would use pressure treated - possibly 5/4 decking instead of the
plywood as the plywood is looking pretty bad now.  Most of my pollination
locations are about the right size for a six colony  "plant", and as has
been mentioned before, they are easy to move for spraying.  I move them
only about 20 miles from home to the pollination site, but I frequently
don't even close them when I'm moving at night.  I usually have more that
one high, so I staple the boxes together and use a strap or rope to keep
the lids on.
     The only problem I have ever had was when I didn't think to block
the back end, and the rear hives were doing much better that the front -
the trailer tipped backward spreading supers and bees all over the place.
 I always block front and back now.  Its a great way to operate with a
one man operation without loading equipment.
 
Jerry in PA
 
>On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:38:24 -0600 Roger Flanders <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>The January, 1999, issue of Bee Culture has an interesting article by
Larry Goltz about permanently mounting hives on >short (10-16 ft.)
flatbed trailers.  Among the several advantages he cites is the potential
 income from pollination >contracts with small growers who only require
one or  two trailer loads, each carrying 12-14 hives.  Has anyone in the
>group  tried
>permanently mounting hives on smaller trailers?  What advantages or
disadvantages did you encounter?  And, possibly >most importantly, do you
believe there is any real market for pollination contracts utilizing
such small numbers of hives?  >(I'm located in eastern Nebraska.  I
assume my "overnight towing radius" would be 600 miles at best.)  Thanks.
 
 
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