<p><br /><br /><<However, even when hives are moved around for pollination don't they still have a nominal "home"?<br /><br />No. Maybe a winter home, or a regular rotation.<br />It's more like a food truck: there may be a regular rotation.>></p>
<p>Yes, this is correct. Without too much knowledge about the world wide approach; In Norway, most professional beekeepers travel with their hives for a limited time of the year, typicaly 3-4 weeks for a specific nectar. Other than that, they provide services such as pollination, but mostly they are stationary. Hobby beekeepers never travel, they keep it in the backyard etc.</p>
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<p><<In terms of strategy for *OpenStreetMap*: given the strength of http://apiarymap.com/ , perhaps it's better to see a partner rather than a parallel effort. Reach out to those folks and see if they'd be willing to switch base maps, and harmonize data for display.>></p>
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<p>I've looked into apiarymap previously, and I can understand where you are coming from. To some extent, I agree with the idea of not starting parallell efforts. However, I find the apiarymap (and others I've seen based on Googles API) very limiting. I got loads of ideas I would like to implement into a map, without revealing too much here. The reason I would like to get it into OSM with proper tagging is that I know there are talks about releasing much of the mandatory registration we have in Norway. If I can get them to accept CC-BY-SA, it could pave way for other countries doing the same, and in turn make OSM data a valuable source of information for both governments and users.</p>
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