How To Move Beehives

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Moving beehives can be a character-building experience. In this article, we look at how to move beehives.

This article shows you how to move beehives, specifically, we will look at how to move wild swarms that have moved into moveable boxes, crates, etc.

Overview

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I will not go into how to move a wild beehive into a managed box in this article. What I will look at here is how you can relocate a wild hive that is in a container to a new place, so that you can later re-hive it into a managed beehive.

How To Move A Wild Beehive?

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Why Do We Sometimes Have To Move A Wild Beehive?

 This is far better than when they take up residence in a wall for example. 

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Inspect The Hive

The first thing to do is to inspect the hive to ascertain what state it is in. 

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Normally what I do is to take a large piece of shade cloth netting and place the back of the pickup truck adjacent to the hive.

3.  Preparing To Move The Wild Hive In Its Container

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Moving The Bees

After you have smoked the bees, work quickly. Lift the hive and place it on the tray on the back of the pickup truck. 

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When we consider how to move beehives the most important consideration is how we drive so as not to damage the bees. Drive slowly try not to go around corners rapidly and avoid bumps. 

5. Driving With The Bees

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ADVICE

When you have reached the target apiary site park as close to where you will offload the bees as is possible. Smoke the bees and very quickly offload the bees. Untie the mesh and allow it to fall to the ground.

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