The angled legs make a return in a cedar hive! The legs create a sort of cradle that supports the hive body and the cross-brace adds more stability.
We started ten boxes and nine will be pine hives and will be shared with the next post. Since we have the Honey Bee Jubilee in New Ulm, TX, on 5/6/2023 I wanted to make sure we completed a cedar hive to take up there. This hive will be picked up by the customer then.
We epoxy the bottom of the legs to keep the moisture from soaking up the into the legs. Yes, it takes a bit of time since the epoxy takes 24 hours to dry but it seems to be worth it. We still recommend that you put the hive on concrete blocks or rocks to keep the legs out of the mud. Cedar will certainly rot given enough time and moisture but this will slow down the process.
