In a message dated 8/12/2003 11:40:50 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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> Regarding the optimum number in a yard:
>
>
> Correct me if I err; however, I remember reading an article to the effect
> that as a beekeeper crowd a yard, the radius of foraging widens at the
> same time, thus making the optimum number of hives in a given yard much
> more difficult to arrive.   In my own setup, I would not worry about under
> twenty; however, I would, above thirty, a reason why I am in constant
> search of another [good] location when my splits graduate.
>

In your setup, Yoon, how many acres do you have? I am saturated in bees at my
house on one third of an acre. More because there are just too many bees that
keep bumping into us! LOL But, I've been asked to put 20 hives on 22 acreas
of apple orchard. So, I guess that means I'll have a place for splits and
swarms next year. Then what??? <grin>

Kathy Cox, Northern California, Italian, 19 hives

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