the tree stand enterprize
Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 3:41 pm
About 5 years ago I found a little pile of my dad's old tree stands. Home made but extremely well-engineered.
He had parts to make more so I did. Tried marketing them. When I discovered that the "pokey" part of the stand was illegal in some states that ended my deer stand enterprize...or did it?
Re-purposed them as a way to position a bee box on a tree to trap warms of bees. There is an attractant called "swarm commander" that mimmicks queen pheromone and the stuff really works. At $150/swarm I'm making more catching bees than I could ever have made selling them deer stands.
Caught me another one today. Beats the hell out of climbing way up on an extension ladder.
He had parts to make more so I did. Tried marketing them. When I discovered that the "pokey" part of the stand was illegal in some states that ended my deer stand enterprize...or did it?
Re-purposed them as a way to position a bee box on a tree to trap warms of bees. There is an attractant called "swarm commander" that mimmicks queen pheromone and the stuff really works. At $150/swarm I'm making more catching bees than I could ever have made selling them deer stands.
Caught me another one today. Beats the hell out of climbing way up on an extension ladder.