SC first year beekeeper. Moved into a new place and mistakenly put bees in shady spot- now having some new beetle issues. Want to move them to the sunniest spot in the yard about 30-45 feet away. Was going to shimmy it like 3 feet at a time but thats a lot of work and it would be in a super dark spot for the week and a half it would take to move them. Would they be basically chill if I did it in one night?
In South Carolina so its hot already but having ventilation concerns. - took the first pic today and it was 97 for a few hours, not very humid though
New beekeeper of 7 or so weeks, was timid until like 3 weeks ago but the hive is already kinda big and a little rambunctious so harder to inspect.
Got a packed out nuc in mid April and I’ve been impressed with how quickly they’ve filled this out. The deep box is brood but they filled the second with honey pretty quickly and now the third is getting there.
I’m 95% sure I don’t have a swarming issue they have some space still, definitely about to add another super though, thinking about putting one of those tent/canopy things on top of it to block the sun but unsure about that. Also probably going to get them a bird bath in case water is the issue. There’s a large pond around 800 feet from the house just realized thats potentially a bit far.
Thoughts? Definitely about to do a full inspection to check for swarm cells after seeing this today but I did an almost full inspection almost a week ago and didnt see anything unusual