We could put our beehives on the ground, but in the wild they build high, up in hollow trees, away from the damp. Besides, hive boxes are heavy. Picking up 30kg from ground level is no fun at all.

There is enough space for two hives, and the runners are close enough to place combs between the hives during inspections.

The blue masking tape at the bottom of the legs here is covered in Vaseline jelly to temporary stop ants from raiding a damaged honey-comb until the bees recap it.