The garden beekeeper recently broke through the wood with his foot when climbing over one of his now quite rotten wooden pallets, on which the bee boxes usually stand. This was reason enough to make the placement of the hives in the garden a little more professional after 5 years of temporary installation, namely to build a stable and stylish hive stand.

After calculating the statics and determining the required beam dimensions, the ingredients were quickly purchased in the morning and then, in beautiful autumn weather, the hives were carpentered on the terrace. Nice project for such a golden October day :-)

By the way, calculating the statics was a nice exercise for the garden beekeeper, who once studied mechanical engineering. It is fascinating to see how uncomplicated such a calculation can be done over the internet nowadays!

For those who are interested: Maximum load per hive with 4 compartments = 106 kg. 4 hives per stand lead to a fixed load of 72 kg and a live load of 352 kg. With a beam length of 2.4 m and the selected beam dimensions W x H = 6 cm x 10 cm in wood quality S10 and service class NKL 3 (exterior), the maximum deflection is 0.9 cm and the maximum bending stress is 77% of the permitted value. So much for the calculation.

The garden beekeeper's gut instinct says it will hold. Forever and ever, amen.