My experience had been no matter how careful I am invariably an inner cover or bottom board comes
loose in transit and a hive gets jacked up.
I always screw or nail down the inner covers and use a hive staple on the bottom boards. If you
don't have any staples you can make a cleat with some scrap wood and screw into the stack and
bottom board. I use my Dewalt a lot moving hives, it does not shake the hive up like a hammer.
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