Quote Originally Posted by gwizzie View Post
Hi FS, thanks for your observations .....

Firstly if its that bad you better buy a boat
Secondly these hive stands are not going to be used for hives standing on when working they will be on lower hive stands or pallets (have been looking at plastic ones) they stack in each other so don't take up much room and are light... But yes you are correct they could topple over if there were only two hives one on each side BUT then again these hive stands were built to take 3 hives so that would not happen if used correctly
Be aware with plastic pallets that flat areas without holes accumulate dead bees and they rot and stink. Took me a while to figure out the problem when going through a friends apiary, from several yards away my nose told me I was approaching bee apocalypse, only to find the colonies were fine but the problem was the pallets. This doesnt seem to happen with wooden pallets, probably because they drain better and air can get to detritus allowing it to decompose properly.