Hi all,

I could use some helpful advice on how to move some large beehives.

A couple of weeks ago I successfully moved three hives that consisted of
5-7 medium supers; some with an additional deep hive body (for weight and
standardization I am moving towards using all medium sized supers).

They way I did the last move was to open the hives the morning of the move
and tack on a screen to the top of each hive; then, using hive staples I
connected two supers together so that I could move 2 chambers at a time. I
planned on placing two screens between each two chamber section (one to
screen off the bottom, the other to become the top); however, this proved
to be too much work. Mostly in placing and tacking down the screens.

I finally stuffed screen into the entrances with a hive tool and simply
lifted the 2 chambers into a pickup truck in the evening.
Other than getting stung ~10 times (I rarely get stung), the move went
pretty well.

I would like to extract the remaining 4 hives before moving them (some have
6 supers on top of the 2-3 brood chambers); but I am concerned that pulling
off the supers will force the too many bees into too few hive bodies, and I
won't be able to contain all of the bees for the move.

Any suggestions??

Thanks in advance for your helpful suggestions.

Jeff Miller

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