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- From: Lewis Cauble <lewis AT hivebody.com>
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- Subject: Re: [ocba] Moving a Hive
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:17:19 -0400 (EDT)
The hive entrance can vary up and down a bit (perhaps as much as 2 feet?) during the move and is not a big deal. I would recommend 2 options:
1. Move the hive a mile away (or more) for a couple of weeks, then bring it back to the new location in your yard.
2. Leap frog it 8 or 10 feet a week to the new location.
Lewis
On October 22, 2014 at 12:52 PM mike johnson <mm AT reddrum.com> wrote: > I have three hives. One hive, my original, is roughly 70' away from the other two. I would like to move the hive closer to the other two to be more in the sun. I can see a big difference in how much more activity there is at the hives with more sun. > > I know you can only move the hive so far per day. How far can you move it? > > Can the height of the entrance vary a bit during the move or does it need to say exactly the same height? > > The hive is an 8 frame with a brood box and four medium bodies. It is sitting on a nice stand built out of 4x4s. Physically how do you move the hive with so much weight? > > Is it too late in the year for such an undertaking? > > Thank you in advance! > > mike > > _________________________________________ > ocba mailing list | North Carolina Beekeeping| http://www.theocba.org/ > Manage Your Subscription: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/ocba/ |
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[ocba] Moving a Hive,
mike johnson, 10/22/2014
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Re: [ocba] Moving a Hive,
Lewis Cauble, 10/23/2014
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Re: [ocba] Moving a Hive,
Hamsiba Family, 10/24/2014
- Re: [ocba] Moving a Hive, Lewis Cauble, 10/24/2014
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Re: [ocba] Moving a Hive,
Hamsiba Family, 10/24/2014
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[ocba] Moving a hive,
Thomas Grizzle, 10/24/2014
- Re: [ocba] Moving a hive, Randall Austin, 10/24/2014
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Re: [ocba] Moving a Hive,
Lewis Cauble, 10/23/2014
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