I have 2 hives in 4 different locations for the last 2 years, the hives to the east are twice as big as the ones to the west in all 4 yards. All My hives face south. They are within a foot of each other, Zone 8b, Wet rainy Oregon, with drought June to August. Last year I blew it off as a fluke this year I am moving them to a different configuration since I need to relocate and move almost all of them to new ground. I am moving one pair of hives to the back of the property, closed one yard to another location, and thinking about changing the way I orient hives. I am going to do a ‘V’ facing one SE, one east (at the point and the other at SW far enough apart to allow all hives to get some morning light. I was thinking the commercial guys pallet theirs and if there was that big of a deal they would have noted it by now. I just cannot ignore the results. I only had one set that did not get arranged this way and two years ago both died.
Anybody else have such a disparity?
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Anybody else have such a disparity?
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