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I moved a weak colony that was being robbed by some stronger hives on either side of it. Last night, around dark, I closed off the entrance, strapped the bottom board and hive body together and put it into the back of my truck. I drove it to another location approximately 6 miles as the crow flies. I unloaded it and placed it on the stand I'd put up in the new location, removed the 2x4 I used to close off the entrance and replaced it with entrance reducer I had on it originally and left it. This was my first move and it went well, or so I thought. This morning I was reading some of the websites that detailed the moving process ( probably should have read them beforehand). It seems I may have made a mistake. Nearly all of the sites recommend stuffing the entrance with grass or placing some object directly in front of the colony to help them orient to the new location. I didn't do that. I can run by there this afternoon, but I fear by then the bees will have flown out foraging....have I doomed these foragers to being lost? Any suggestions would be appreciated if there's something I can do to help them.....
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