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  • From: "Wilson Lamb" <infomet AT embarqmail.com>
  • To: "Randall Austin" <ra41717 AT gmail.com>, "kate demayo" <kdemayo AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] moving bees
  • Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 18:48:18 -0400

STRAP
Never trust a bungee with something important!
WL
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ocba] moving bees

Kate,

Moving bees is easy & fun.
1) Wait until after dark so everybody in the hive is home.
2) Seal up the entrance. If you have a screened bottom board, you can use something like a towel to seal the entrance (the screened bottom keeps the bees from suffocating). If you have a solid bottom board, use something like old window screen to seal the entrance. Make sure the opening is entirely secured, especially at the edges.
3) If you have a notched inner cover, make sure the outer cover is slid all the way to the opposite side so the notch is closed up.
4) Wrap the hive with a strong bungee cord or tie-down strap to hold everything together tight.
5) It's a two-person job to lift the hive into the back of a pickup truck or, if you are a risk taker, a minivan.
6) Move the bees to their new permanent home & repeat the process backwards.

Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

Randall Austin

On 10/3/2010 8:26 PM, kate demayo wrote:
hey everyone,
i just moved residences and am looking to move my bees to my new place. i was looking for advice on when the best time to move them would be and the best way to do so. it is just one hive with two deep supers and one medium super. any words of wisdom would be appreciated!
thanks so much
kate
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