A colleague at work had a lucky escape when using a surveyor's pole under a power line. The electricity arced onto the pole, through the hand and arm of my colleague and out near his elbow leaving him with shock and burns. I would apply Murphy's Law when considering siting hives near such lines.
Chris
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