Painted Hive

[KitzTaz]

Hello good people, I have a painted hive and want to change it with one of my old hives which is in need of some light repair. So the question is can i do this at any-time or will the flying bee be disorientated with the hive being a different colour.

Cheers.

KitzTaz

 

[VEG]

They will find their way back in

 

[HM Honey]

All my hives were replaced with different coloured ones this year when it came to spring clean time and I didnt have any issues as a result.

 

[madasafish]

I repaint during the day.. Bees don't care.

 

[Dishmop]

I have seen them get confused. From white to brown.. They all landed on my leg (white suit) looking for the entrance.

 

[BeeJayBee]

Could you stand the new hive (box) on top of the old one for a couple of days so they get used to seeing and orienting on it, then swap the boxes over?

 

[ichbinpaul]

I hope your flies were secure Dishmop LoL.

I have seen them get confused. From white to brown.. They all landed on my leg (white suit) looking for the entrance.

 

[Dishmop]

I hope your flies were secure Dishmop LoL.

Indeed they were. Most securely.

I had a leg full of bees. Walked acoss garden and shook them off. Walked back to hive again and same thing happened. They has been used to going to a white hive. Even putting white box on top of new brown box confused them because they had been used to heading to the bottom of a white box... which was now higher up and without an entrance. I taped a bit of dark paper over the white for a couple of days.