3 Feet or 3 Miles | Moving beehives to a new location

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About this video:3 Feet or 3 Miles | Moving beehives to a new location
In today's video we will be consolidating a couple of 8 frame beehives into 10 frame boxes and moving them to the Bee Cast;e bee yard. It's turns out to be more work than I planed but in the end it has to be done.
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[@KenBlackRifleAmerica]

A lot of work going on in the apiaries!! Happy to see these two hives moving over to the Castle Bee Yard....a great video. Hope to see you in the morning. A nice redux of an older poem. Enjoy!! See you for coffee ☕☕🐝🐝

[@BugFarmerBees]

I'll bee there :-)

[@damneighbor1566]

Glad Mrs Bug Farmer helped!

[@BugFarmerBees]

Me too. She always seems to be there when I need her :-). I may mow the levee this weekend if the wild flowers are spent.

[@damneighbor1566]

@@BugFarmerBees I did the top yesterday and saw some goldenrod coming down there. Your call! As a good wife myself I can say we know when to be there and when to disappear!

[@solarmandave]

Awesome job as usual. Thanks for sharing!!

[@dougstucki8253]

Glad they didn't suffocate during the move being closed up! I had one suffocate last year despite having vents and a screened bottom board, but that one was so packed with bees that I think they plugged up the floor and all died. That move was only about 10 minutes total too. I was shocked and sad! I'd recommend making a screened top for them for next time you move them. Just like an inner cover with a screen instead of wood.

[@BugFarmerBees]

Yikes! 10 minutes and they suffocated? That's terrible.

[@eddybarker5072]

Great buildup given the drought.

[@BugFarmerBees]

I was surprised myself. Now they live in paradise. Next spring when the fruit farm comes alive they will all fly up and kiss me when I inspect their hives. :-)

[@amfarmsllc5624]

Nice job!

[@BugFarmerBees]

Good morning :-) . Thanks.

[@BlanchardsBees]

I bet the bees knew what was going on 😆 they seem to know more than myself every time!

[@BugFarmerBees]

I have been back to visit them since and they seem happier than when I pulled out the reducer. :-)

[@richardkuhn4358]

Sweet....Thanks

[@BugFarmerBees]

You are very welcome sir.

[@Robbie-Rob_Bees_Apiary]

try 1/8 hardware cloth shaped in U to stuff entrance. allows some airflow

[@vanishedforgotten433]

Well dang I didn't see u posted this til now I just got the notification 😢. Imma watch now. I hope all is well and u had a Great weekend.

[@BugFarmerBees]

Thanks :-).... Every Friday at 3pm :-)

[@vanishedforgotten433]

@@BugFarmerBees Thank you 😊 I reset my notifications hopefully it works friday

[@neilsmith4891]

just done the hive move this weekend as well, due to the commercial bee guy down the road not feeding his bee's i lost a pretty strong well stocked hive so pulled my other 2 hive's out as i didnt like the 12 starving hives to my 2 hive's left ratio. i also got stung in the hand/finger (feels like my finger wants to pop like a sausage in a fry pan 🙂) so i feel for your wife. upside to losing a hive is my survivor hive from summer's wasp infestation (was Basically left with a cup of bee's that i built up over winter) now has lots of drawn out frames to fill as we are now entering spring here in New Zealand so im getting excited and hoping for a good harvest, keep up the great work 😃

[@BugFarmerBees]

Hi Neil, It stinks that the commercial guys bees were robbing you out. I sure do envy you're headed into spring down there. Our season is drawing to an end and to be honest I am thankful. It has been the most challenging season for me so far. I am already dreaming of next season. Anyway, good luck in the upcoming season. Also if you see @SageLilleyman running around down there tell her the Bug Farmer says hello. :-)

[@tjjastrem127]

I stick with one box type due to exactly this video creates a lot of dilemmas. You handled it well though

[@BugFarmerBees]

Unfortunately I didn't learn the beauty of the 10 frame hive until this season. Do you keep deeps and mediums or do you just use deeps?

[@tjjastrem127]

@@BugFarmerBees all deeps, I forget which southern KZbin beekeeper said their advice was to use all ten frames or stick to all of one box type but it was good advice. Makes it way easier to swap things around

[@benrust11]

Kinda sad the Coasties will be referred to as hive 20 now. I hope they do well in their new home.

[@BugFarmerBees]

I still may refer to them as the Coasties. :-)

[@ME_MeAndMyBees]

X3 Feet or X3 Miles Issue. Solution ! Wait until the Evening and Bees are all at Home. Close them up with Vented Mesh in the Entrance. Add a Top Feeder and Feed the Light Sugar Syrup. Say 1:1 or a bit thinner re Sugar to Water Ratio. Then leave the Hive for around x3 or x4 Days. And you find "Bees will Forget their GPS location ! So X3 Feet and X3 Miles doesnt really apply. Move as needed. And again Feed in that New Location and open up the Entrance as a Smaller one to reduce any Robbing or Wasp issue until the Colony is settled into its new location. Works on Nucs, Apiary Changes. Going to the Heather. Sell or Buying a Hive to a new place. Hope this helps. 😎 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Happy Beekeeping 2023 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 This Trick works when you need to move Hives to a Sunnier or Cooler Location. Say short Winter Days (low Sun in the Sky) to maybe a Hive getting to much Full Sun in High Summer. Then "Move" them. . . With no Hassel. Dont bother with the X3 Inches or X3 Mile Rule. Just Close up Hive, Feed it, Move It, and Nuture it. Simples. 😉

[@BugFarmerBees]

Sounds like you have a process worked out. That might work for me in the spring or fall but in m,id summer here it would be locking the bees in an oven for a few days. Actually, I accidentally did that once and it turned out poorly. That is where Juno got her name :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWTKkKmrZ7GJlZY . That said, I do agree that the 3 feet or 3 mile rule is completely subjective. I have found that moving the girls somewhere else in the yard and they laying some branches in front of the hives will force them to re-orient and learn their new home. Thanks for stopping in and taking the time to comment. I really appreciate you. Take care.

[@apveening]

With all those abscondings due to ants, I'd say you need to get some ant moats on the other hives as well, not just on the bee barns.

[@BugFarmerBees]

I have ant motes on the other hives but I was so busy I didn't fill them. After the Blue hive bit the left I refilled the motes but the Air Force hive didn't have them installed for some reason. In short, it was my fault they were chased away. :-(

[@Steele_Wings]

My bees would have pinned my jeans to my legs. I have to go full suite now.

[@BugFarmerBees]

Do you have hot hives? Maybe requeen? Anyway, thanks a bunch for stopping in to have a look. I appreciate you taking the time to comment.

[@heavymechanic2]

One of my hives are like that and robbing compounds their behavior. Just removed the queen to get them to requeen, if it does not happen, I have several NUC boxes to combine into failing hives. Also rearing a few fall queens to replace old queens marked yellow. There is always work in the bee yard if you want to be successful.

[@daisyshoney6021]

Are going to feed the new hives?

[@BugFarmerBees]

They have already bee fed 3 gallons of syrup. Upcoming video and inspection is forthcoming :-)

[@BlanchardsBees]

First

[@BugFarmerBees]

Your latest video was awesome BTW. It's nice to see a new video from you. I know you have had a bad year but next year will be better. ...well, as long as you don't listen to the news. Take care friend.

[@BlanchardsBees]

@@BugFarmerBees no doubt!