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Date: | 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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