> Somebody once told me you can put a hive on an old tire/rim from an
> auto, with a rope attached.  Then every day pull the rope and move
> the hive a few feet until you reach the destination.
 
<etc.>
 
Oh, yes, and BTW the lore is that if you move a hive a foot the first
day, then two the second and four the third, etc. the bees get used
to looking for the hive and will accept progressively larger shifts
(up to some practical limit, I would assume).
 
I don't know, because I have never had a problem with this since my
beginner days when I moved a hive a few feet during a flow and was
worried about the confusion that resulted.  Now I assume that they
would have eventually sorted it out, found the hive and gone in.
 
The bees have gotten much smarter as I have gained experience <g>.
 
Regards
 
Allen
 
W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper                                         VE6CFK
RR#1, Swalwell, Alberta  Canada T0M 1Y0
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