The hives aren’t in their permanent spot, yet. We will be using pavers I hated in the front yard as a base for them and we’re putting them just inside the treeline where we don’t mow anyway.

And the general rule of thumb is that you move hives 2 inches or 2 miles. Bees go back to the place they last left. If you move a hive across the yard, they will keep trying to go to the old location. Move it 2 miles away and they learn everything new.

When beekeepers want to move a hive a little bit, they get permission to move the hive somewhere for 6-8 weeks, then bring it back to the place they want to keep it.