Be prepared.

[Poly Hive]

got a text yesterday saying that they were no longer enjoying having the bees on their land and would I remove them.

Cleared the supers overnight and put on travel screens today.

Full of a really rough head cold and with an aching back from laying slabs I am waiting for the sun to go down to start the move.

The lesson here is people change their minds at the drop of a hat. There is a back story here but I'm leaving that crap out. The change of mind is due to a very odd conversation but these people have a rep for being odd.

Anyway, the bottom line is when you have bees on others land it pays to be prepared to move, and move fast.

PH

 

[Erichalfbee]

got a text yesterday saying that they were no longer enjoying having the bees on their land and would I remove them.

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Anyway, the bottom line is when you have bees on others land it pays to be prepared to move, and move fast.

PH

Same goes for bees in an allotment and bees in your back garden if you have immediate neighbours.
Always have somewhere else to move them.

 

[Goran]

At our place land is disgracefully cheap.. My bees are on my land ( though I inherited the land, didn't bought it), on pretty remote places..
If You are nearer.. site isn't a problem..

 

[Heather]

I am having to move my hives from home to another site (husband on medication after transplant 21 yrs ago, but bees chase and attack him -think he exudes medication smell they don't like)
But hopefully landed on my feet as had offer of land 3 miles away. part of a 250 acre estate, and they have 8 chaps re-landscaping some of it, but want an acre of wild flower.natural plot so can put my bees there,well away from any passing people.
Also it is a secure area, with a code to enter at all 3 gates.
Just as well as, in June,a friend had 3 hives stolen a few villages from me. Those thieves must have been disturbed as they left one still blocked up. All bees dead from over heating.

 

[maz0]

got a text yesterday saying that they were no longer enjoying having the bees on their land and would I remove them.

Cleared the supers overnight and put on travel screens today.

Full of a really rough head cold and with an aching back from laying slabs I am waiting for the sun to go down to start the move.

The lesson here is people change their minds at the drop of a hat. There is a back story here but I'm leaving that crap out. The change of mind is due to a very odd conversation but these people have a rep for being odd.

Anyway, the bottom line is when you have bees on others land it pays to be prepared to move, and move fast.

PH

Sorry to hear that, that sucks. I would recommend finding a place with some decent land. Fill it with hives to your hearts content!

 

[Walrus]

got a text yesterday saying that they were no longer enjoying having the bees on their land and would I remove them.

Cleared the supers overnight and put on travel screens today.

Full of a really rough head cold and with an aching back from laying slabs I am waiting for the sun to go down to start the move.

The lesson here is people change their minds at the drop of a hat. There is a back story here but I'm leaving that crap out. The change of mind is due to a very odd conversation but these people have a rep for being odd.

Anyway, the bottom line is when you have bees on others land it pays to be prepared to move, and move fast.

PH

Sorry to hear that PH. It definitely helps to have more than one apiary. I've been lucky so far with friendly land owners. I have to drive a fair bit (2 apiaries are 10 miles away & the other is 18 miles).

 

[Millet]

I am well prepared as far as places go to move hives in winter..however this time of the year it is a No No..multiple supers full of honey some capped some uncapped would be hard work shifting..not forgetting the odd hive on double brood..if i did have to move them this time of the year through muppets i would but not without trouble..

 

[Millet]

Sorry to hear that PH. It definitely helps to have more than one apiary. I've been lucky so far with friendly land owners. I have to drive a fair bit (2 apiaries are 10 miles away & the other is 18 miles).

Try 65 mile away.. appreciate what you have..

 

[Swarm]

I am having to move my hives from home to another site (husband on medication after transplant 21 yrs ago, but bees chase and attack him -think he exudes medication smell they don't like)
But hopefully landed on my feet as had offer of land 3 miles away. part of a 250 acre estate, and they have 8 chaps re-landscaping some of it, but want an acre of wild flower.natural plot so can put my bees there,well away from any passing people.
Also it is a secure area, with a code to enter at all 3 gates.
Just as well as, in June,a friend had 3 hives stolen a few villages from me. Those thieves must have been disturbed as they left one still blocked up. All bees dead from over heating.

Sounds like a lovely setting, Heather.
Find a gem of a landlord and you are sorted, I consider myself so fortunate to meet a really special guy, he is a true gentleman, the bees have been on his land for over ten years.

 

[Poly Hive]

I am bloody annoyed TBH as this is the first time in over 30 years I have been asked to vacate and its actually nothing to do with the bees as they have gushed over them for over 2 years now. They took the hump over something their lass said to mine. *shrug*

Anyway used the trailer for the first time and the sack barrow had the hive floor just over 50% above the trailer deck so tipping them gently forward loaded them neatly. That was a relief as one was a double brood and it had weight to it.

Of course I loaded up and got ready to go, unzipped the veil and bang the left eyebrow is now humming gently. Little accurate sod.

PH

 

[yeogi75]

I was in the same situation of moving ten hives, road widening decided to move hives and one month later hedge completely ripped out, my other two one is on a dairy farm good access and the other found for me by Frisbee on here , farmer cut grass on track and cuts back the hedge at the gate very lucky

 

[chipper]

Just had to move my smallest apiary of 3 hives after an emergency drain problem at my hosts farm.... Took the 14 laden supers off in 2 trips...Replaced them with empty supers...2 on 2 and 4 on the biggest...
Left them a couple of days then took the hives away leaving a Poly nuc to collect the stragglers... Got about 25 zaps though ...my Son got none....!
Always good to have some spare stands.....
And maybe even a spare apiary....
Definitely not a good time to move hives...

 

[Clemcook]

Certainly is food for thought, luckily mine are on a fruit farm, works well for both of us. Not sure what I would do if I got the eviction notice

 

[maz0]

We obviously tread thin lines because we rely on the generosity of land owners to situate our hives (often for free). But if your giving honey to them, or money then it might be worth getting a simple contract with an eviction notice period of a few weeks, giving you time to move all your expensive equipment and stock. I feel beekeepers dont get taken seriously in many aspects of life. Imagine they were cows, sheep or horses!

 

[Antipodes]

I was checking out a potential apiary site today to move hives to...a cool day with the snow a little way off in the peaks. Crown land (forestry managed) and a fee system. Some of this cool temperate rainforest in the hills there has never been logged.

 

[Hachi]

We obviously tread thin lines because we rely on the generosity of land owners to situate our hives (often for free). But if your giving honey to them, or money then it might be worth getting a simple contract with an eviction notice period of a few weeks, giving you time to move all your expensive equipment and stock. I feel beekeepers dont get taken seriously in many aspects of life. Imagine they were cows, sheep or horses!

When I lived on my farm we used to run a self livery and all the notice they had was seven days. quite straightforward to move livestock really and bee's; if the apiary site has been chosen well.

I wouldn't want to start having contracts, agree with the landowner where to site and you'll find they will only ask in extremis.

Also, the drama can be mitigated if keepers had a back-up site, often mentioned on here so shouldn't be news; to put hives in emergencies or when the hive turns aggressive.

Ack' hives with supers slightly more tricky but should be easily manageable.