After several years of fighting with lawn trimmers and lawn mowers, and
finally letting the weeds take their toll, we found some discarded carpeting
and put that under our hives.  We are hobbiest beekeepers with only 3-4
hives, so it works for us.  No more weeds or tall grass to mow and now if we
could only find some "green carpeting", it would look like grass, but won't
need any maintenance. Another suggestion we would like to share with you all.
We added door handles to the sides of our supers, it makes lifting and moving
them much easier, especially for anyone with a handicapping condition.