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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 · 8w

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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HalleCat408 · 8w

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.

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.