If you are a beekeeper you will have invariably moved hives to a different location, and for most commercial beekeepers it is an essential part of the business. Dr Mark Goodwin has too, and made some astute observations about the resulting bee behaviour.

It pleases me to introduce a new, regular column being written by Dr Mark Goodwin, where one of our most esteemed honey bee scientists can impart some of what he has learnt from his research, and from beekeepers in New Zealand and around the world.