Question about location for hive

[Doc Pat]

When I am thinking of places to site my hive(s) this coming spring, I had assumed that any relatively level spot with morning sun and perhaps a bit of shade in the hottest part of the day, and with easy access to water would do fine.  However, it taking the beekeeping test above, I came across the following:

"To make a weak colony stronger, you might ...

a. remove a strong hive from its stand and place the weak colony in its place
b. move the colony to a new location with better nectar sources, closer to water, and less stress from other bees
c. kill the queen and requeen with a young queen
d. do nothing, let mother nature handle the situation
The correct answer is: a "

Can the position of a hive actually make that much difference? 

I'm waaaayyy confused now (not necessarily an unusual condition for me)

Thanks for any help in figuring this out.

Pat

[WhipCityBeeMan]

That answer if referring to moving a strong hive during the day and putting a weak hive in its place.  The hope would be that the foraging bees would come back to the same location where the weak hive now resides and would bolster the numbers of bees in the weak hive. 

Its about getting more bees into the weak hive than about location.

[Doc Pat]

Ahh...that makes perfect sense now.  Thanks for making this clear.