This is another reason why all the major beekeepers are cutting back on the number of pollinations they are doing in cranberries and avoiding the problems and actual dangers of excessive amounts of time with no sleep. Result, a large number of individuals requiring small amounts of bees. The amount of acreage justifies the need for commercial beekeepers, since there aren't enough small beekeepers available. However because there are so many small growers, the amount of time needed to deliver makes it difficult, if not impossible, under current conditions. In addition, because of many of the rough roads, great amounts of bees are lost during the delivery process out to the growers, resulting in the hives having a lessened worker pollinating force for several days.
Growers lack planning for placements for the hives.
In order to ensure enough bees are available commercial beekeepers have to be used. However due to the volume of bees they work with they are required to work with loaders since the bees are on pallets. Few growers have accounted for this with the areas where they want their bees. Due to this, huge amounts of time is lost preventing the commercial beekeeper from timely deliveries. Even small beekeepers have problems delivering bees to the bogs.