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?> Has anyone split a yard in half, taken one half of the hives for rides
(commensurate with the length of travel involved in migratory trips) and
returned the hives to the same yard and then compared the two halves in respect
to all the problems our beehives have been undergoing? In other words, has a
study been undertaken to study what affects the migratory movement process
itself has on bees
Good question. I am supposing you are suggesting doing this at night and
returning each hive to the exact same spot each was in before the drive and
making sure the yard is not changed in appearance by tracked-down grass, etc.?
That is the only way to eliminate the questions of bees left behind and
returning the next day, drifting, etc..
Of course, a lot more happens on a real move. Delays, dropped hives, the need
for bees to find water and forage quickly on arrival, intentionally sparse
foraging conditions, crowded locations, irrigation, different entrance
orientations from the original compass points, tilted pallets, queens
half-mated and drifting, etc..
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