I want to move a hive about 30 feet. Most advice is 3 feet or 3 miles but differs for short moves. Generally they are to close up the hive for up to 3 days and move them in that period, then put a branch or other impediment in front of the hive to make them reorient. Dave Cushman's site has one I am interested in trying, which is on a good flying day, if the hive is fairly independent and no hives are in the original location, you can move the hive in up to 10 foot increments with 2-3 hour pauses since the disoriented bees will fly to the nearest hive which will be the hive that is moved. Since there are no hives along the route- they are all at the final destination- it appears it might work and could be done in a day or two. The total distance is about 30 feet. I intend to put the hive on a cart and move the cart to the new location in three or four moves. Comments appreciated. First time I have ever done this so look forward to a new experience. Bill Truesdell Bath, Maine *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html