How do honey farmers move hives without losing all the bees?
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Hey, I grew up on an apiary so I can finally contribute!
The short answer is you wait till it gets dark and the bees are inside their hive and more subdued, then you plug the entrance to the hive to prevent them getting out, and you just move the hive. Yes, you can still get stung because there’s always a few feisty bees that manage to find their way out.
Dad had an old Isuzu Trooper that could fit several Supers (the boxy bodies of the hive) in the back and he’d hook it up to a little trailer so we could move several more when it came time to harvest the honey.
Honestly, you really shouldn’t need to move the hives all that often unless you’re maybe offering pollination services to farmers.
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