How far do you travel to visit your hives ?

[starflex]

Nuc in back garden - 20m (SWMBO only allows "over-wintering" nucs, on the understanding that they WILL BE MOVED before April!)

4 miles to apiary near work

3 miles further to new farm site apiary

 

[Hachi]

4 miles

10 miles

10 miles but 15 miles from the 10 mile one if I go direct to it from the 10 mile one.

its a PITA

 

[Walrus]

Home = over wintering nuc as per starflex

Main apiary = 12 miles but almost all motorway driving so easy enough to get to

Also trying to get hives on an allotment 1 mile away

 

[Rich0909]

Half a mile to the allotments and 3 miles to the apiary in the yard at work but I have to go there anyway....

Rich

 

[Bob Bee]

My sites are a half mile, 3 miles, 4 miles, 8 miles and 18 miles from home, I usually do a round trip of 38 miles to visit them all. The base where I do most work (biggest shed and store) is at 3 miles.

 

[thorn]

About 8 yards from the kitchen door, then 8 feet up a ladder.

It's probably about another 8 yards from my armchair to the kitchen door, but I'll usually stop for a coffee on the way, so it's not as far as it seems.

 

[thorn]

Bringing full supers back on RyanAir must be expensive

You can probably get away with a couple as hand baggage if you lash them together.

 

[Geohorn]

My one hive is in a small fruit orchard in a very large garden and is about 50 yards from the house. Planning on getting a second hive in the spring.

 

[scuttlefish]

Five minute walk from my house, which is very handy. I need to sort out an out apiary as well next year though.

 

[Tdod]

20 m down the garden so very handy to pop and sit and watch the comings and goings, I think I would be sad if I had to travel to see my bees.

Looking to expand to an out apiary next year but the garden colonies are here to stay

 

[drstitson]

"You can probably get away with a couple as hand baggage if you lash them together."

actually the only problem is the liquid honey!

in theory otherwise would be perfectly fine taking a full langstroth brood box as hand luggage - i've certainly used empty ones as ad-hoc luggage - fill with your gear and strap a crownboard on each side to close. likewise a couple of LS poly feeders strapped together are fine with depth to spare!

the 56x45x25 allowance for most airlines is actually very generous.

 

[MuswellMetro]

actually the only problem is the liquid honey!

So the EU flight regulation say "liquids in individual containers with capacity no greater than 100 milliliters packed in one transparent one-liter re-sealable plastic bag"

can you actually bring a full LS comb in or even a 454g Jar?

 

[enrico]

Makes me wonder with all these apiaries miles from homes how many swarms get missed! I know that even having them a few yards away from the house that I sometimes miss the odd swarm. I visit my bees every day, couldn't be doing with this 18 miles lark!
E

 

[Finman]

Makes me wonder with all these apiaries miles from homes how many swarms get missed!
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That swarm controls is big job. Once a week you must look into the hives, what is going there.

That is why I keep hives in my cottage yard as long as possible, that they do not get swarming fever in outer pastures.

Non swarming bee stock is good, but it need watching too. Artificial swarm is a relief when hive has false swarm, and then they draw foundations and swarming fever is over.

 

[Tim1606]

It is about a 80 mile round trip if i was to visit all of them in one day.

 

[VEG]

Just about 3 miles for me


Craig

 

[Toffeesmum]

Google Earth

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If you put into Google Earth Sippola Suomi, I am only hive keeper on that area.
QUOTE]

Finman... is that you driving the white van on the Google Earth Street view, moving your hives between sites???

 

[Dishmop]

1 metre

4 metres

6 miles.

 

[Teemore]

I have a few hives within a 100m radius of my home, a further two apiaries within a 2 mile radius and a third about 10 miles away as the crow flies.
I am likely to set up a shared apiary next year as part of a wee project - hopefully it will be no more than 5 miles from home.

 

[Arfermo]

6 yds from rear entrance to my garage but I can happily watch over them from my conservatory some 20 yds away using my 8.5 x 40 Swarovski birding binoculars. They look as big as sparrers then. An out apiary for me would be a real pain in the butt.