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#beekeepers - how much room in front of beehives is the minimum? Will 7ft of open space be enough, or should I leave even more? #beekeeping #asknostr

Bfgreen @Bfgreen · 11w

Fenced garden plan drawn to scale. Combination of 8ft and 6ft long raised beds. All 3.5ft wide and 16 inches high, with 3ft spacing between all the beds (learned not to put them so close together the hard way!). Gardeners, what am I missing? #gardening #growstr #garden https:// Show more

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TallBrian · 11w

Boarder beds so you don’t have to weed whip the fence line?

Bees will find their way home. 7' is no problem.

You may want to face beehives away from the garden. Beehives have guardbees. If you are working in the garden you really don't want be in their line of flight leaving the hive.

serenitys forge · 11w

That should be more than plenty 👍🏼

HalleCat408 · 11w

It depends how happy your hives are and how much stores they have. Now that I’m managing mine well I can (quickly) cut the lawn right up to and around both hives. In the past when they were a bit angrier I couldn’t work the garden 10ft away from them.

Sleventy3 · 11w

Just started keeping myself. That sounds like enough room. I've read that having a distinct feature such as a different color hive, beside a tree oo r feature, or even having a painted x or something different helps the bees distinguish their hive

That is plenty of room between hives, just make sure to leave enough honey in the hives for winter when food is less available. If they get hungry enough they will start robbing other hives or swarm looking for a new home.