I've had the back surgery, a shoulder surgery and a foot surgery and can not
lift heavy weights, either. I have been changing over to the mediums for brood
(2 boxes). Even when a medium super is full, it is a bit much, since the arm
attached to the shoulder that had surgery is numb! I move the hives frame by
frame and take honey off the same way. I just have my wagon with a deep box and
an inner cover with duct tape over the bee escape hole, and load the honey
into it frame by frame. Luckily, I have a healthy husband to lift from the cart
to the honey house or to the van! Improvise! No way will I stop beekeeping!


Kathy Cox, Northern California, Italian, 18 hives

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