A new beekeeper this year has his bee yard about an hour from where he lives. He has found out that he cannot tend to the hives as much as he should due to their distant location. I would like to suggest that he move the bees to his land near town as soon as possible so he can watch them more closely this winter. We here on the California coastline are desparetly lacking winter stores so we will be feeding continuously all winter long.
These two hives are one deep brood box each, no supers of honey. We did an inspection 2-3 weeks ago, both are queened, capped brood present, some honey. We are doing the first OA treatment today.
Temps are 30-40 nights, 65 average days.
Is this a good time to move bees to a new location? There isn't any more food where he lives than where the hives are presently. They are not in cluster yet.