Very touchy subject!  Some of the old time beekeepers call pollination a
dirty word. They blame it for the disease problems and infestations, hands
down.  Also moving the hive kills bees and reaks havoc inside a hive.

Left to their own, bees can find their own food. Id not waste the gas to
artifically pollinate with my bees. What little Ive found out, says moving
them cuts down on the amount of honey produced because of the stress.

This too falls into the personal experience catagory (I have none as yet).
I am considering doing an apple orchard this year but surely not for free.
The flip side is I also plan to use a pear orchard as a location to split
to.  Here I will be the benifactor and they dont harvest the pears. (I plan
to get some).

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