Moving hives - Village Vancouver2024-03-28T18:38:20Zhttp://www.villagevancouver.ca/forum/topics/moving-hives?groupUrl=beekeeping&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Shauna;
Move the bees at n…tag:www.villagevancouver.ca,2011-04-11:4670368:Comment:305262011-04-11T13:44:54.232ZBrian Campbellhttp://www.villagevancouver.ca/profile/BrianCampbell
<p>Hi Shauna;</p>
<p>Move the bees at night. I use a migratory cover, it has a front and a back lip but no sides, easier to wrap a strap around. Use a strip of 1/8th mesh screen to close the bottom entrance, switch the telescoping cover for the migratory one, hold it all together with a heavy duty strap and then move to a new location. Once there take the screen off, the strap, the migratory lid and the bees are set to go the next day. Email me at brian@blessedbee.ca if you'd like to borrow…</p>
<p>Hi Shauna;</p>
<p>Move the bees at night. I use a migratory cover, it has a front and a back lip but no sides, easier to wrap a strap around. Use a strip of 1/8th mesh screen to close the bottom entrance, switch the telescoping cover for the migratory one, hold it all together with a heavy duty strap and then move to a new location. Once there take the screen off, the strap, the migratory lid and the bees are set to go the next day. Email me at brian@blessedbee.ca if you'd like to borrow those things. Brian</p>