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Title: New gear :-)
Post by: CJ on April 25, 2013, 08:17:37 PM

Spent ANZAC day transferring the girls into their new gear and getting them on their new hive stand. Really happy with how it all looks :-D :-D :-D

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Title: Re: New gear :-)
Post by: AllenF on April 25, 2013, 09:25:13 PM

I bet the bees are happy also.

Title: Re: New gear :-)
Post by: tefer2 on April 25, 2013, 11:33:24 PM

Is that stand Kangaroo proof CJ?
I heard a full grown Kangaroo can knock a hive off a stand with his back feet? :-D

Title: Re: New gear :-)
Post by: squidink on April 26, 2013, 01:07:06 AM

Great set up mate!

Title: Re: New gear :-)
Post by: fshrgy99 on April 26, 2013, 08:49:12 AM

Setup looks lovely! How deep are your posts? Here I have to go 3 feet or more to get below the frost line or the stand will heave in the winter and the level will get wonky ..... :-D :-D

Title: Re: New gear :-)
Post by: CJ on April 27, 2013, 03:35:18 AM

Yeah they seem to have settled nicely :) Cheers!
Haha! Should be Roo proof! I sunk the posts about 350-400mm. The stand was designed with our cows in mind - anything to them is a good scratching post so hopefully this will stop them tipping them if they get under the hot wires.

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