I have honeybees and chickens. No issues between chickens and bees. Neither bother the other. Honeybees are rather docile. I face openings of the hives due South -- you want the sun on them). Place them as close to the house as you want. In the city., I had them on my back deck & they were fine. Now I live in the country and put them near my pond in the pasture. I found my cows would scratch themselves on the hives and knock them down so I put a portable 4 ft fence around them to keep the cows off them.I live on an acre and a half, though a lot of it is wooded. I've been researching bee keeping for months now and can't seem to find anything about how far from the house the hives should be. I have a spot down the hill from my house, but it's still close enough to the coop that I wonder if they will bother my chickens, or if the chickens will bother the bees.
Have any of you kept bees on a smaller lot and any issues with your fowl?