Moving Hives

I moved one hived down to Cherry Valley Dairy last week- with the thought that I'd put a total of 5 or so there. I used my new aluminum ramp and dolly with a big steel plate bolted on, and it seemed to go fine. This is a hive that I haven't had a chance to go through yet- which might be a problem.

At first I thought this would be a good location- out of the way, facing away from the curious heifers (in background)- but Johhny, the herdsman told me they need to move even farther away- which i will do.

In addition, my friend Brian's hive swarmed in Snohomish, and as he was on vacation, I went to hive it for him. It was stuck on a post, and was challenge (and it was raining), but I was able to somehow get the queen in.

And here are 4 hives that I just moved to my friend Denny's place for a few weeks. Two are swarms from last week, two are older hives from my garden.