# Moved hive bees lost **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 15, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/moved-hive-bees-lost/39729 "2025-09-15T03:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lee-WA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@Lee-WA](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Lee-WA)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/moved-hive-bees-lost/39729/1 "2025-09-15T03:52:51Z")
Hi folks. I am another newbie in this journey and think I may have created a problem. Three days ago I moved my hive about 30metres to a better location away from house lights etc. Move was undertaken in the early morning before sunrise. The setup only took about 10 minutes and I then opened the door so to speak to allow them to do their thing. The problem is I think the foragers didn’t take notice of the new location and have returned to the old location. My question I suppose is, will they eventually find home or should I be taking steps to capture and relocate them? Thanks in advance Lee ---
**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/moved-hive-bees-lost/39729/2 "2025-09-15T20:22:30Z")
Hi Lee, welcome to the forum. 30 meters is quite a big shift in one go. You have a golden opportunity to do a split seeing as we’re (I’m in Qld) into spring. You could remove 3 frames of brood, place them in a brood box & allow the returning bees to populate it. Otherwise you could take the main hive back, then commence moving it gradually, one meter per day until you reach your destination.