Terry Coombs wrote:
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Â* He was putting his hives right in the road ? Doesn't matter who owns
it , that's just plain ignorant . Did you discuss the birdbath problem ?
The beekeeper should provide water closer to the hives or move them ,
might make them stop . You might be able to stop it by leaving the
birdbaths dry for a while , maybe move them , the bees will find another
source and might not come back when you resume filling them . I see my
bees getting water from just about any still water source . My hives are
now in an addition on the northeast corner of the garden . The wife
thought - and I agreed - that in the orchard less than 50 feet from the
deck was too close .

the access road is supposed to be shared
between us and the northern landowner. he
didn't think we had any part of the road until
i showed him the platt. just the location
where they were placing the hives off to the
side was blocking my access. if they go back
further east then it would be ok. i just
need to be able to walk through there once
in a while. he understood my points/issues
so we'll see how it goes this year.

there is much closer water to the hives, the
large drainage ditch runs all year, maybe 20-
40ft from the hives depending upon where they
put them. the birdbaths are another 100-150ft
east.

we can't move the birdbaths. we do let
them go dry now, but that is more due to
the grackles than the bees, but between those
two things it sure has changed the diversity
of birds using them.


songbird