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666bees

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3 swarms, 1 14x12 nuc, national nuc
Would 2 miles be far enough with my hive being only a nuc 4 weeks ago or will I still have bees returning to the original site?
 

jezd

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sure it will be fine, if in doubt I would place a small branch of the entrance to reinforce the idea of changed location
 

666bees

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Thanks, hopefully the neighbour will see sense but I dowt it.
 

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