distance between hives

[obxbee]

Im setting up my hives in my back yard and dont have a whole lot of space. What is the suggested distance between the hives I need to keep.
Right now they are about three feet apart. I pick up my bees Thursday and want to bee ready to roll.
Thanks in advance,
obxbee

[splitrock]

Mine are about one inch apart.

[JP]

As long as you have a place to set down your top cover & frames & such it doesn't really matter how far apart they are. They can touch. Heck, I've even had hives on top of each other for a while. The bees don't care either way. Make it convenient for your needs.


...JP

[AllenF]

Ditto.

[stanisr]

Just enough room to work the hives.

[Michael Bush]

Since it's impossible for two objects to occupy the same space at the same time, you can't get them too close...

[hardwood]

Mine are all on 4-way pallets so are very close to each other. I place the pallets just far enough from one another to get a mower between them.

Scott