> If someone wanted to test the theory that the bees
> don't re orientate after a move and they fly off and are lost...

I've mentioned his fine work before, Bill Towne of Kutztown U in PA has been
quietly doing significant work on the navigational abilities of bees for a
long time:

...bees can indeed learn the relationship between the sun's pattern of
movement and a second (that is, non-natal) landscape, if the second
landscape is panoramically different from the bees' natal site."

https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.086058

https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.022970

https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01869

The key here seems to be "panoramically" - the landscape has to change in a
significant way. 
Despite this knowledge of bee behavior, there is still a small cohort of
bees who simply seem to be "stubborn".  Perhaps larval feedings were
less-than perfect, and they are intellectually deficient as compared to
other bees.

Next time I need to move a hive a short distance, I will deploy a 10 x 10
awning tent and see what happens.  

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