Present: Bud F. and I
Equipment: Entrance blocks (for moving)
Activities: Relocated Hives from Strongsville, OH to Richfield, OH
Friday we sealed up the hives as it got dark. We removed the pail top feeders, blocked the entrances with wood and polyester fiber fill (pillow stuffing), and applied two ratchet straps to each hive. We bound the bottom board, but not the hive stand to keep things tighter. Bud kept the sealed hives in his truck overnight and drove them to the new apiary, my new house, on Saturday morning. Here's a sealed up hive:
Buckled down, loaded and moved. The taped upper entrance is coming undone and a few bees escaped right before unloading, but it was no big deal. Here we are unloading from Bud's truck.
Here we are unbuckling and removing the scrap wood we used as handles.
Here we are all settled. We left the hives sealed up another night due to all the jostling.
Welcome to your new foraging grounds, bees! This is the view to the new house.
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