Thanks for all the good info. I have a 2 acre lot and was thinking of putting the hive on the east side of my barn which will minimize foot traffic near the hive and be a couple hundred feet from the house and pool, but I will have to run my lawn tractor past it, will that greatly agitate them?
They might or might not be bothered by lawn mowing—they’ll let you know! You’ll want to have the discharge blowing away from the hive, of course. Of course you could wear your veil and a long-sleeve shirt while in the hive’s neighborhood. I’m getting ready to deal with the same issue. I’m thinking of getting a bunch of carpet samples to keep down the grass in front of the hive