Need to move your bee hive? Here’s the lazy way. (via mistress beek)

This topic came up at the Austin Urban Beekeeping Meetup gathering this past Sunday. Hopefully, I will not have to move too many of my hives, but if I do, I’m going to try this method first.

Inspired by Bush Bees, we decided to ignore the standard admonition about losing bees if you moved your hive more than 2 feet but less than 2 miles. (The rule of thumb is that if you’re moving your bees across the yard more than 2 feet, you’ll need to move them temporarily out 2 miles away so they don’t fixate on the old location.) Too much damn work. Instead, when a neighbor seemed fearful about a hive near his fence, we happily offered to move … Read More

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