How to choose a beeyard

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TwoHoneys

March 28, 2011, 10:51:54 AM
For those of you who have beeyards a distance from your homes:

I hope to grow my bees beyond the space I have at my home. This year, I'll be putting some bees in yards of a few friends, too, but it could get time intensive to travel from house to house for one or two hives at each location. So, now I'm looking for an official beeyard where I can put a number of hives.

Please talk to me about the considerations for finding a good beeyard.

-Liz

"In a dream I returned to the river of bees" W.S. Merwin

hardwood

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March 28, 2011, 11:33:15 AM
We look at forage and water sources for potential bee yards but the main consideration is time. We try to establish yards in a more or less linear fashion to cut down on travel times between yards.

For instance, there is a long country road with 3 yards along it's 16 mile length. At the end of this road we turn onto a highway and within 20mi we have another 7 yards within 1/2mi of the road.

Scott
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

TwoHoneys

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March 28, 2011, 11:51:02 AM
Thanks, Scott...and, wow, you're so methodical. So you travel at least 40ish miles to reach your furthest yard? How often do you make that trip?
"In a dream I returned to the river of bees" W.S. Merwin

hardwood

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March 28, 2011, 12:24:44 PM
Our main yard (where we graft and take splits to be mated etc) is the third on that country road and we are there 3-4 times a week. The other yards are worked usually about once a week...more often during flows.

Scott
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

Michael Bush

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March 28, 2011, 12:26:44 PM
I would stay withing 30 miles unless it's at a friends house and you need an excuse to visit more often... and I also tell them I want to put 20 hives there.  If they balk I don't bother.  I never put less than 14.  If the area can't support 14 hives, they need to be in better pastures.
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schawee

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March 28, 2011, 12:52:45 PM
my main beeyards are 12 miles from where i live.i have 10-15 hives in each yard and have 5 yards that's within 3 miles of each other.i do keep 10 hives at my house :-D    ...schawee
BEEKEEPER OF THE SWAMP

sterling

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March 28, 2011, 01:03:08 PM
Quote from: schawee on March 28, 2011, 12:52:45 PM
my main beeyards are 12 miles from where i live.i have 10-15 hives in each yard and have 5 yards that's within 3 miles of each other.i do keep 10 hives at my house :-D    ...schawee
Cut outs and swarms have been good to you looks like. How often do you check your bees in your out yards? And how long does it usually take?

danno

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March 28, 2011, 03:40:38 PM
I like easy truck access but completely out of sight on the road. 
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