Vergilius
Field Bee
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2010
- Messages
- 955
- Reaction score
- 6
- Location
- Dorset / East Sussex
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 6ish
This is probably a very stupid question...
Some sheep have been moved into the field in which a couple of my hives are kept. Very kindly, the farmer has cordoned the hives off with some electric fencing. Having said this, the fence has been put only about a foot away from the hives' entrances, right in their flight path. It is made up of three wires with gaps of about 20 cm between each. I presume this isn't going to cause the bees too many issues? I suddenly had visions of hundreds of them getting zapped on their orientation flights, but then saw an image of a swarm resting on a live electric fence and thought it must be okay...
Any opinions on this?
Ben
Some sheep have been moved into the field in which a couple of my hives are kept. Very kindly, the farmer has cordoned the hives off with some electric fencing. Having said this, the fence has been put only about a foot away from the hives' entrances, right in their flight path. It is made up of three wires with gaps of about 20 cm between each. I presume this isn't going to cause the bees too many issues? I suddenly had visions of hundreds of them getting zapped on their orientation flights, but then saw an image of a swarm resting on a live electric fence and thought it must be okay...
Any opinions on this?
Ben