It was all straightforward in the end, well relatively. This morning Eugene and I moved the bees home. Apart from one hive bottom board becoming dislodged, and the bees spilling over the back of Fred's truck, all went smoothly.Both hives are now installed in the back garden on their hive stand. The hives are not in direct line of sight of Rob's baseball batting plate (his main concern), so that is good too!
One interesting thing is that the bees that spilled over the truck didn't stay put in the driveway, they moved to the area where their hives were previously located. Do they remember the location, or does it have the smell of bees about it? Who knows. Anyway another box for the stragglers is in the place where they used to live. I will move this tonight, or tomorrow.
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