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I have to move two out yards and so am faced with setting up the two new yards from scratch. After reading Tom Seeley's latest work on drift and increasing varroa counts I am wondering what the best stratagy would be to reduce drift in a small space. We have heavy bear pressure and the farmers are giving me about a 30' square area for my bear fence. I expect to keep 10-20 hives and was toying with the idea of putting them in a circle probably with their entrances facing out. I k ow some queen breeders do this with mating nucs for qheen orrantation which got me to wondering if that would also affect worker drift. I use oops paint so they are already multi colored.
I would love to hear what others are doing for drift in a small space.
I would love to hear what others are doing for drift in a small space.