Edit Post should be How Many Hives can I put in a Truck Bed
I need to move some hives and wanted to put them in the back of an old pickup truck 8 ft. bed and leave the truck at this location for a couple of weeks and then move it out to the fields in June.
I was thinking of putting 7 hives in the truck bed 3 smaller splits of 1 box each towards the front side by side and 3 established hives 2 to 3 boxes at the back of the truck with the tail gate down side by side and putting a smaller 2 box high hive in the middle of the bed.
I have screened bottom boards to help keep them cooler, last year I did this with 4 hives Two up front and Two in back it wasn't ideal to inspect the hives but they did ok.
I am worried about having the boxes that close side by side with only an inch of space between them. Once the flow starts will I be ok or am I setting myself up for robbing?
Any experience on this would be appreciated, I need to find a flat bed trailer because moving them by myself full of bees is a challenge for me.
I need to move some hives and wanted to put them in the back of an old pickup truck 8 ft. bed and leave the truck at this location for a couple of weeks and then move it out to the fields in June.
I was thinking of putting 7 hives in the truck bed 3 smaller splits of 1 box each towards the front side by side and 3 established hives 2 to 3 boxes at the back of the truck with the tail gate down side by side and putting a smaller 2 box high hive in the middle of the bed.
I have screened bottom boards to help keep them cooler, last year I did this with 4 hives Two up front and Two in back it wasn't ideal to inspect the hives but they did ok.
I am worried about having the boxes that close side by side with only an inch of space between them. Once the flow starts will I be ok or am I setting myself up for robbing?
Any experience on this would be appreciated, I need to find a flat bed trailer because moving them by myself full of bees is a challenge for me.