I changed the orientation of some of my hives instead of front to back, on the apiary table to side to side and I am wondering if this is something I should not do. I have a weak back and my biggest problem is reaching out to the frames, as I inspect, when the frames face away from me. By turning the hives 90 degrees, now all the frames are left to right to me and they are much easier for me to do inspections and not have my back hurt. Now that the hives are oriented in a different direction, the back of the next hive is about 3 feet front the entrances. So instead of all the entrances being unobstructed, now the entrances have about 4 feet of space before the back of the next hive. Is this a problem?
Thanks