Subject: Re: Lost Bees

From: [email-masked] (Allen Dick)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 96 04:28:18 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, Nate Saal <[email-masked]> wrote:
>I recently moved a hive as well and had no major problems.  The move 
was 
>about a 1/4 mile.  There was no way to move the hive three feet at a 
>time and more than 3 miles would have been very difficult.

If bees are working a flow or flying a lot hunting, then moving less 
than a couple of miles may result in returning bees.

However in winter, rainy periods that extend more than a day or two, 
or other periods where bees are confined to the hive, shorter moves 
*may* not cause problems.

Regards

Allen

W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper                                    VE6CFK
Rural Route One, Swalwell, Alberta  Canada  T0M 1Y0
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