I have seven hives currently. I originally placed six of them and they are at least ten feet apart along a trail beside my pond. Now I am looking at putting either six or eight more up. Can I place them a few feet apart? Is there any rule of thumb on this? I see some yards where the hives are two abreast?
The only drawback I see is, Just how many hives do you think your wife is going to allow you to have?
We place 4 hives on each 32"x48" pallet (8 framers). Close enough?
When they are that close do you have any problem with robbing or anything?
Iddee, my wife ask me today if I was looking at making this my retirement hobby for extra cash, she actually said, you got 40 acreas, you might as well do something with it! After yesterday maybe I will be a little shy of getting to many, but the burning is going away. funny no itch?
Mine are all touching...
Ok then, for my benifit and the ease of inspections I should be good to go at a couple of feet then. That way I can have a lot more in desired areas instead of spreading them out so far around the place. Thanks. I think I have a good winter project in building boxes and frames! Just hoping these swarms winter well.