Orientation

[Monsieur Abeille]

Hi all

I have a nuc that I want to combine with a colony that is about 2 yards away, facing a different angle.

I'm assuming I should move the nuc to another site first for re-orientation so that the flyers don't get confused in their new home.

If this is the case, roughly how long would they need to forget their current site, bearing in mind they will also end up in a paper prison for a couple of days as well?

 

[Erichalfbee]

I don't think you need to move them at all. By the time they have fought through newspaper and got to the entrance they will be sufficiently disorientated to know they are in a new home.

 

[lilybetbee]

I would move the frames to their new box on the current site, close up at night then just combine over paper.

 

[midnight sun]

I don't think you need to move them at all. By the time they have fought through newspaper and got to the entrance they will be sufficiently disorientated to know they are in a new home.

 

[oliver90owner]

Question: What is stopping you moving the two hives closer together and turning one or both by 45 degrees per day until the entrances are aligned close enough?

RAB

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

Question: What is stopping you moving the two hives closer together and turning one or both by 45 degrees per day until the entrances are aligned close enough?

RAB

RAB - There's another colony inbetween, otherwise that would have been the plan.

Relieved to have seen the advise that fighting their way out of a newspaper prison will be enough, that's where they are now

Thanks all