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Beekeeping and Bees

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Hi, just want to share our first beehives. I have no experience in beekeeping but i hope for the best! Made 4 beehives during wintertime myself and got two swarms few weeks ago from a friend. So far so good. Today we expect some heavy storms so i think about securing the hives with some straps. What do you think?

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[–] innkeeper 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for the tip. Still doing some reserach about treatmet - it feels like some witchcraft potion making process but i will do my best.

Why 3 feet apart? We are located in Czech Republic and all the beekeepers i visited never mentioned specific spacing for hives. They usually keep the hives next to each other with almost no spacing.

Thx

[–] Spacebar 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I believe it's to avoid confusing the bees. It's one of those things that I always hear.

[–] innkeeper 3 points 1 year ago

I see. Thank you. Guess I will keep watching them and if there is some weird behavior I will make some changes. But so far everything seems to be fine.