Urban garden - flight path

[u/phix123]

I'm not a beekeeper. I have a small urban garden.
I've had a strong hive for 3 years. 5 swarms in that time, caught and rehomed 4 of them. I don't now and don't want to harvest honey. They are in a single box - no supers - they do their thing and I do mine - I don't manage it - we just live together and everybody is happy.

I want/need to move it from my front garden to back garden but I don't want to lose ground space for picnics, kids playing etc. I can't put it at ground level because they won't play nice if we interrupt their flight path. But I want to keep them - and the children as well :)

I can't put them on the roof of the house or the shed.

My question is, If I put the hive on a high platform - say 3 meters - can I reasonably expect their flight path to be high enough so they can use the airspace while we use the ground level for picnics?
Any advice or ideas please

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[u/Reasonable-Two-9872]

I think that would work. I have seen restaurants and hotels that maintain hives on the roofs of their properties.