“Eckert (1933) observed that bees from hives placed in a desert will fly as
much as 13.7 kilometers to a food source if no other sources are closer to
the hive” From Yoon's last post on this thread
I am wondering how this might relate to bee's need to reorient
themselves after having been moved from one location to another. I have
always understood that you should move a hive at least 3 miles to keep them
from returning to the old location. I have moved them between three and
five miles without any problem. I wonder if this would work for a hive
that is used to going farther than three miles for their forage. In other
words is the distance at which reorientation becomes necessary after a hive
s mpoved dependent on how far they have been foraging prior to the move?
Also I assume a hive that has to go farther than three to five miles for
forage is probably either not going to make it or is not going to stay put
in the long run.
Steve Noble
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