Worlds most expensive beehive

[Fiddler]

Definitely impressive. nice work.

 

[Widow Shooter]

Damn fine stuff there bud it is good seeing them saved and the tree down, with the decline of the bees, we need all the live ones we can save!!!

 

[Fiddler]

Decline? I seem to run into more every year. Many of the honey bees up here seem to have evolved into a resistance to store bought sprays and you have to call a bee keeper or commercial insect undertaker to get rid of them.

 

[sotc]

Love the balancing act John, perfect pick every time

 

[Che]

Very impressive!

 

[Widow Shooter]

oh they are in decline, ask any beekeeper or apiary owner... some virus is killing them off.

 

[Old Monkey]

Excellent work John. I wish I could come learn crane usage from you. I do crane work so infrequently it just makes me nervous.

 

[Widow Shooter]

news.nationalgeographic.com/.../1005_041005_honeybees.htm

check this out bad stuff

 

[Widow Shooter]

crap, that one is not there anymore...try this one.http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8436

 

[brendonv]

Nice work, good to read ya.

 

[stehansen]

Excellent work John. I wish I could come learn crane usage from you. I do crane work so infrequently it just makes me nervous.

I think an instructional video is in order.

 

[No_Bivy]

Most excellent work John. And a beehive in a log to boot! Are you going to extract them from the log next spring?

nope...they kept them. They have two other hives somewhere else. Thier mom died there....so I think they have sentimental value.....was fun to do though.

thanks yall.....I was one of those jobs that was new and different. Scarey at times....

OM....You just have to do them. I flip pieces now and then by mistake. It is a guessing game to balence stuff though. I use tuflex 10' and 12' with a 3 or four foot biner'd to the ends.....easier to make minor adjustments and fast to undo......I have considered whoopies for more adjustment, but havent tried it. The best thing about a big crane, is that you dont have to get worried about capacity so you can go bigger which usually makes balanceing a bit easier IMO

 

[arborworks1]

John, I was thinking those slings where about 20 feet long. Makes sense though to use the setup like that, easier to handle and setup.

 

[No_Bivy]

here ya go OM....like this huckle buck style? ridem' cowboy.

see this way I can click both my heels together......when I aint in kansas anymore....

no really, had too pick every thing past there.....no comfy stance.

 

[No_Bivy]

John, I was thinking those slings where about 20 feet long. Makes sense though to use the setup like that, easier to handle and setup.

there was one or two I put a 20' on

when I balence limbs, I ride over to where I think center is. By having slings on the hook with the biner ends hanging, I can move around and adjust placements....then go back to center and cable up...if it doesn't look good, I make adjustments. Works good for long horizontal pieces....or really dead stuff.

 

[Wagnaw]

Nice work John! I need to get some longer crane slings... Hambone likes all the picks to be VERY smooth off the cut! I'm still working slowly trying to save face with him after my little red oak mistake.

The hive comb looked empty in the one picture... What's up with that? I may just not know what I'm looking at though.

 

[No_Bivy]

:roll:

 

[Wagnaw]

What!?

 

[MasterBlaster]

I rarely use long slings. IME, the shorter, the better.

The longer the sling is, the bigger the crane needs to be.

So to speak.

 

[sotc]

Nice work John! I need to get some longer crane slings... Hambone likes all the picks to be VERY smooth off the cut! I'm still working slowly trying to save face with him after my little red oak mistake.

What happened?

 

[No_Bivy]

bees moved up...that comb is empty....no brood. Honey is stored at the top of the hive. Look close and you can see bees in between the comb. Hopefully the dude will carefully excavate the top of the cavity to rig up some sort of sugar feeder in case they dont have enough honey to survive.

 

[Wagnaw]

Does the guy know what he's doing? Maybe you could have charged them to try and maintain the hive and get it into a box for them.

If I ever come across any hives, I'll definitely call you.

 

[thattreeguy]

i cut thru a hive once,
had to ride out on the main hook just above my load which was on the auxillary line
i know its illegal, (so save that lecture chit for tb) i have a huge pic of it in my front room
we lifted the section up, my climb line was on the crane still,
bees every where, i hooked back into my line, and the operator lifted me and the section up, spun away from the tree, and lowered the auxillary so the log went down below me, i have a pic of me running up it as it passed me, we laid it down on 1 side of the yard , and me on the other

we all got stung to chit when we felled the remaining section
and of course, i torched it right when it hit the ground
im big on killing stingy things

nice to know about the bees ahead of time, isnt it
nice balancing, sketchy tree, very nice work bro, thanks for posting

GB seen the pic on his visit here

 

[SkwerI]

Lecture? I think you've mistaken us for somebody else, Dave. And there are situations where riding the crane at the same time as the load is actually the safest way to accomplish a job.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yep, I've done it.