Howdy,
I currently have three hives sitting on a pallet side by side facing east. I would like to move two of the three about 10 feet to the west and face them southeast. The old location and the new location have a small pine tree between them. The hive that will remain is the weakest of the the three.
My current plan is to move the two stronger hives tomorrow evening to the new location, park a tree branch or two in front of the relocated hives and then slide the hive that is left behind over closer to where the other hives entrances were....thinking that the weaker hive may pick up a few workers from the relocated (stronger) hives.
Any comments or suggestions?
-John
I currently have three hives sitting on a pallet side by side facing east. I would like to move two of the three about 10 feet to the west and face them southeast. The old location and the new location have a small pine tree between them. The hive that will remain is the weakest of the the three.
My current plan is to move the two stronger hives tomorrow evening to the new location, park a tree branch or two in front of the relocated hives and then slide the hive that is left behind over closer to where the other hives entrances were....thinking that the weaker hive may pick up a few workers from the relocated (stronger) hives.
Any comments or suggestions?
-John