At 10:35 3/04/96 EST, you wrote:
>        I'm new to beekeeping ang get two packages
>in a few weeks. My hives are about 2 meters apart.
>What precautions should I take when installing my
>bees to minimize having large numbers of my second
>package end up in the first hive?
>
>        Thanks.
 
mmm??? You can't really avoid some bees to drift from one hive to the other,
and if both colonies are yours, all the honey at the end will be yours,
regardless of wich colony is comming from, (unless you are conducting a very
precise experiment where is necessary to avoid drifting bees).
The colonies will accept drifting bees specially if are coming home with
plenty of 'goodies' like pollen and/or nectar.
Cheers
 
Mauricio
somewhere in the land of kangaroos...