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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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